Pierre Vocel

     Pierre was born on Saturday, 3 November 1781 in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Pierre Vocel & Francoise Renaut. He was christened on the same day there in the Basilica of Notre Dame.¹ Pierre married Marie-Charlotte-Therese Rivard dit Lanouette, daughter of Joseph Rivard dit Lanouette and Marie-Madeleine Guay, on 17 January 1803 in Ste-Anne-de-La-Perade, Champlain County, Quebec, Canada, at Ste-Anne-de-La-Perade Church.² Pierre & Marie-Charlotte-Therese had children: Marie-Sophie [9/29/1804], Pierre-Onesime [1/27/1806-8/15/1806], Martine [4/09/1807-7/10/1819], Leocadie [7/22/1808-8/15/1808], Pierre-Albert [9/26/1809][m. 7/03/1832 Esther Baribault], Marie-Desneiges [10/08/1810], Marie-Hermine [11/06/1811-7/27/1812], Narcisse-Joseph [2/06/1813-7/11/1813], Joseph-Alphonse [3/17/1815-8/27/1815] & Joseph-Nazaire [12/19/1816-7/20/1817].³