Brassard, Antoine

1609 - 1671  (62 years)

• Name	Brassard, Antoine
  Birth	1609	France
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jan 1671
  Person ID	I629	Shane and Beck
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family	Mery, Francoise,   b. 1621   d. 11 Jul 1671 (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1637
  Children	1. Brassard, Antoine,   b. 1639   d. 12 Apr 1642 (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Brassard, Jeanne,   b. 1641   d. 21 Dec 1709 (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Brassard, Marie Madeliene,   b. 1 Jun 1642   d. 22 Sep 1712 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Brassard, Alexandre,   b. 1644   d. 14 Jan 1688 (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Brassard, Marguerite,   b. 23 Jan 1645  [Father: natural]   6. Brassard, Guillaume,   b. 15 Dec 1647  [Father: natural]   7. Brassard, Antoine,   b. 14 Oct 1649  [Father: natural]   8. Brassard, Jean Baptiste,   b. 28 Sep 1651   d. 22 Feb 1715 (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]   9. Brassard, Louis,   b. 3 Aug 1653  [Father: natural] + 10. Brassard, Dorothee,   b. 30 Jul 1656, Quebec, Canada d. 7 Nov 1738, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Antoine Brassard was born in 1609 and became a Mason. He married Francoise Mery who was born in 1613. Antoine died on 11 July 1671 and lived in a place that had been known as Grande Alle, this is now known as St Louis Street in Quebec. They were married at Quebec on 14 Jan 1637. Antoine is the ancestor of the Brassard and Descenaux families. The following is an article on the Brassard name written by Ted Brassard for The Genealogist 1982. "To the best of my knowledge, at the present time, with one exception all families bearing the surname Brassard in the United States and Canada are descended from Antoine Brassard. The single exception is my own family line in which the male ascendancy leads to the Pilote family due to a name change. The female ascendancy of this line leads back to Antoine Brassard. It is believed by some genealogists that he migrated from Normandy, but at the time of his marriage his place of origin was not stated. It is doubtful we will ever know where he came from in France. We do know that Antoine was a Mason or a stone worker and was born about 1609. At Quebec he married a woman name Francoise Mery and together they raised a family. Francoise gave birth to ten children and eight are known to have survived. Francoise was born in 1621 and died 11 July 1671. Little is known about her before she married Antoine, but it is said she lived in her house in a place called Grand Alle, Quebec. This place today is St. Louis Street, Quebec. Antoine is the ancestor of the Brassard and Deschenaux families. Many genealogists, authors and others have been confused between the names Brassard, Brossard and Broussard. It is easy to do because of the close similarities in spelling, pronunciation. Tnaguay, for example, lists as Brassard those Acadians whose surnames is Brousard. Edward Richer, in his two volume series, Acadia, uses Brassard for Broussard and Bona Arsenault uses both Brossard and Broussard. Research on the Brossard family discloses it can be traced to two principle sources. The first originated from Isaac Urbain Brossard who married Urbaine Hodiau in 1660 at Montreal. He was born in France in 1634 and was the son of Mathurin and Maichelle Bidault. The second was established in Little France, Oswego County, New York by John Baptiste Vital Brossard who migrated from Switzerland with his family in early 1834. He was born 19 Nov 1787 in Switzerland near the French border. As I have stated previously, the family of Broussard is listed in various sources with all three spelling variations. However, the family name can be traced back to Jean Francois Broussard of Acadia who married Catherine Richard about 1681 at Port Royal. Catherine was the daughter of Michel and Madeleine Blanchard. Jean Francois Broussard was born in 1654. His descendents, using his surname, can be founf throughout the Southern States. One other name should be mentioned which I have been informed about recently. This is the name Brassor. It is not another family line but a name change from Brassard. If you speak French, the reason for the name change is obvious. In the French language the final consonant of Brassard is not pronounced, thus, the new name is spelled like the sound of the original. This name has been traced back to Brassard families in Northern New England, but I'm sure it will eventually trace to Antoine."