Suzanne Durand, Fille du Roi

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Suzanne Gibeau, Gibault, Poitevin (Durand), Fille du Roi

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Birthplace: St Sauvier, Chambérat, Auvergne, France
Death: January 07, 1710 (52-61)
Lavaltrie, QC, Canada
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Daughter of Étienne Durand and Geneviève de la Mar
Wife of Gabriel Gibault dit Poitevin
Mother of Jean-Baptiste Gibault dit Poitevin; Marie-Madeleine Gibeau dit Poitevin; Marie-Angélique Gibault dite Poitevin; Gabriel Gibaut; Étienne Gibault and 5 others

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About Suzanne Durand, Fille du Roi

Suzanne Durand. She was born 1653 in Montivilliers , a small town near Rouen, Normandie, France, daughter of Etienne Durand and Genevieve de la Mar of the same place. About 1667 she came to France as one of the “Les Filles du Roi” or “The King’s Daughters.” These were women sponsored by the King of France to come and marry settlers in order to promote growth in the colony. She would have been about 16. Gabriel Gibault dit Poitevin died 13 October 1700 at the hospital and was buried the next day at Montréal. Suzanne Durand died at Lavaltrie after January 7, 1710. They had at least 7 children. One of them, Angelique’s sister, Marie-Madeleine Gibault dit Pointevin was found guilty of hiding a pregnancy and abandoning her newborn, leaving the child to die in a basket. On October 7, 1697, she was hanged from a scaffold erected in the marketplace of Québec City.

1. Gabriel GIBAULT , dit Poitevin (Pierre GIBAULT1) was born BET 1641 AND 1645 in Notre-Dame de Lusignan, Poitiers, Poitou (Vienne) France, and died 13 OCT 1700 in Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was buried 14 OCT 1700 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He married Suzanne DURAND 30 OCT 1667 in Québec, Québec, Canada, daughter of Étienne DURAND and Geneviève DE LA MER. She was born 1653 in St Sauveur, Montivillier, Rouen, France, and died AFT 7 JAN 1710 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada.
Children of Gabriel GIBAULT , dit Poitevin and Suzanne DURAND are: + 2 i. Angélique GIBAULT was born ABT 1677 in Québec, Canada. She married Jacques LACELLE 8 AUG 1698 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, son of Gilles LACELLE , merchant and Anne BEAUREGARD. He was born 1670 in Savigny-sur-Orge, Palaiseau, Paris, France. + 3 ii. Étienne GIBAULT was born 10 NOV 1683 in Contrecoeur, Québec, Canada. He married Elizabeth AUSTIN 7 JAN 1710 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, daughter of Mathew AUSTIN and Mary LITTLEFIELD. She was born 1687 in York, New England + 4 iii. Jean-Baptiste GIBAULT was born 1668 in Sorel, Québec, Canada, and died ABT 17 MAR 1745 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He married Anne PAVIOT AFT 13 SEP 1692 in date of contract, daughter of Jacques PAVIOT and Anne MICHEL. She was born ABT 25 FEB 1674 in Sorel, Québec, Canada, and died ABT 27 MAR 1750 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.



Suzanne Durand came to New France as one of the filles du roi

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Suzanne Durand, Fille du Roi's Timeline

1653
1653
St Sauvier, Chambérat, Auvergne, France
1668
1668
Sorel, Richelieu, Canada, Nouvelle France
1671
May 20, 1671
Sorel, Quebec, Canada
1672
1672
Quebec, Canada
1674
November 1674
Montreal, Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal, Quebec, Canada
1674
Quebec, Canada
1675
April 5, 1675
Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada
1677
1677
Lavaltrie, Berthier, Quebec, Canada
1680
April 20, 1680
Repentigny, Quebec, Canada