Jean Casaux

     Jean was born in 1699 in St-Jean-du-Bourg d'Issor, Pyrenees-Atlantique, Aquitaine, France. He was the son of Jean Casaux & Marie Dubasques. Jean married Marie-Madeleine Voyer, daughter of Robert Voyer and Marie-Madeleine Trepagny, on 12 August 1721 in St-Vallier, Bellechasse County, Quebec, Canada, at St-Philippe & St-Jacques Church.¹ Jean & Marie-Madeleine had children: Marie-Louise [12/21/1723-5/11/1769][m. 2/19/1753 Francois Belanger], Jean [1/06/1725-8/14/1725], Marie Madeleine [2/19/1726-5/01/1787][m. 7/24/1747 Jean-Baptiste Gagnon], Jean Baptiste [10/07/1727-6/23/1738], Genevieve [8/05/1729-3/31/1801][m. 5/29/1763 Antoine Bistodeau], Marie Catherine [3/06/1731-4/27/1749], Joseph [3/12/1733-12/13/1815][m. 11/05/1764 Marie-Cecile Belanger], Francoise [1/23/1735-3/31/1818][m. 8/07/1753 Louis Nadeau], Marguerite [1738-11/06/1825][m. 7/101764 Jean Casgrain], Felicite [3/22/1740-7/09/1784][m. 10/03/1763 Igncae Lefrancois], Jean [12/22/1741-5/21/1810][m. 6/10/1765 Marie-Francoise Ruel & 2nd 9/17/1793 Genevieve Chabot], Helene [4/10/1744-12/16/1814][m. 11/09/1762 Joseph Gagnon], Marie Josephe [7/18/1746-12/02/1782][m. 9/28/1767 Etienne Rancourt] & Pierre-Francoise-Xavier [2/13/1749-2/11/1826][m. 2/10/1772 Marie Dion] & a child 2/05/1751-2/05/1751] .² Jean departed this life on Wednesday, 12 August 1761 in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, at age 62 years. On the same day, he was buried there in the Notre Dame Cemetery.³