Pierre-Simon Guillet dit Lajeunesse

     Pierre-Simon was born in 1626 in La Rochelle, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Pierre-Simon married Jeanne St-Pere, daughter of Etienne St-Pere and Marie-Madeleine Cousteau, circa 1648 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada. No marriage contract has been found for them.¹ Pierre-Simon & Jeanne had children: Mathurin [11/07/1649-3/02/1720][m. 11/02/1681 Marie-Charlotte Lemoine], Madeleine [10/09/1650-4/27/1736][m. 10/28/1664 Robert Rivard dit Loranger], Jeanne [11/03/1652-11/18/1723][m. 6/26/1667 Mathieu Rouillard] & 2nd 6/23/1711 Francois Fafard], Anne [9/24/1654][m. 6/26/1667 Jean Moreau dit Laporte], Marie-Catherine [2/16/1656][m. 11/18/1669 Jacques Masse & 2nd 5/14/1691 Sebastien Provecher], Louis [6/04/1657-3/06/1730][m. 1/18/1684 Marie Trottier], Marie [10/27/1658-10/20/1681][m. 1678 Jean Baril], Marguerite [8/22/1660][m. 1676 Pierre Deshayes], Pierre [1662], Joseph [1664] & Genevieve [circa 1666-4/03/1741][m. 1680 Pierre Champoux, 2nd 9/30/1704 Jacques Bardin & 3rd 5/22/1724 Ange Lefebvre].² 1666, Pierre-Simon and Jeanne were listed on the Canadian Census in Trois-Rivieres. Enumerated in this household were Pierre Guillet Lajeunesse [40 years], Jeanne Saintpere [37 years], Mathurin [16 years], Jeanne [12 years], Anne [11 years], Catherine [10 years], Louis [8 years], Marie [6 years], Marguerite [5 years], Pierre [3 years], Joseph [2 years], Genevieve [3 months] & servant: Nicolas Chacheu [19 years].³ 1667, Pierre-Simon and Jeanne were listed on the Canadian Census in Comte de Champlain, Quebec, Canada. Enumerated in this household were Pierre Guillet [36 years], Jeanne Stpere [40 years], Mathurin [18 years], Jeanne [16 years], Anne [14 years], Catherine [12 years], Louis [10 years], Marie [8 years], Marguerite [7 years], Pierre [5 years], Joseph [4 years], Genevieve [2 years] & servant: Nicolas Cachet [18 years].⁴ Pierre-Simon's wife, Jeanne, died before 18 November 1669 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada, leaving him a widower. He married 2nd on 11 October 1670 Marie Madeleine Delaney at Cap-de-la-Madeleine. 1681, Pierre-Simon was listed on the Canadian Census in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada. Enumerated in this household were Pierre Guillet [54 years], Marie Delaunay [44 years], Louis [24 years], Pierre [18 years], Joseph [17 years] & Genevieve [16 years].⁵ Pierre-Simon departed this life on Sunday, 8 May 1695 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine at age 69 years. On the same day, he was buried there in the churchyard of Marie-Madeleine.⁶