Pierre Boucher

     Pierre was born in Sillery, ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Francois Boucher and Florence Archambault. He was christened there on 29 September 1648 in the Mission of St-Joseph of the Jesuits.¹ A contract for the marriage of Pierre and Helene Gaudry was signed on 13 December 1671. The notary, Gilles Ragot wrote the contract that listed Pierre's parents as Francois Boucher and Florence Garman. Also, Helene's parents were Nicolas Gardry and Agnes Morin.² Pierre & Helene had children: Ignace [5/25/1673-4/06/1741][m. 11/17/1699 Francoise Pouillot], Jeanne-Elisabeth [7/29/1675-1/20/1703], Marie-Helene [8/11/1678-2/04/1748][m. 1700 Jean-Baptiste Lemay dit Larondiere], Agnes [3/14/1681-7/__/1684], Francois [3/14/1684-10/23/1760][m. 11/28/1709 Therese Marier], Jean [1686-2/23/1715], Marie Marguerite [9/21/1688-1/16/1745][m. 11/02/1716 Pierre Homier], Joseph [1690-5/05/1766][m. 4/28/1716 Marie-Anne Frechette & 2nd 4/03/1758 Angelique Bonneau], Marie-Madeleine [7/22/1692-4/22/1759][m. 1720 Jacques Desharnais & 2nd 8/29/1734 Jacques Baron] & Francoise-Therese [1/16/1698-3/25/1703].³ 1681, Pierre and Helene were listed on the Canadian Census in Comte-de-Levis, Quebec, Canada. Enumerated in this household were Pierre Boucher [30 years], Helene Gaudry [25 years], Ignace [7 years], Jeanne [5 years], Marie [3 years] & Agnes [6 months].⁴ Pierre departed this life on Friday, 10 March 1702 in ville de Quebec at Hotel-Dieu. He was buried there in the cemetery of Notre Dame on Friday, 10 March 1702.⁵