Étienne Fontaine

Il naviguait régulièrement entre Québec et Terre-Neuve, tranportant de la marchandise pour des marchands de Québec avec un équipage de trois ou quatre hommes.

On the subject of whether Etienne and his wife were Huguenots:

"Both Étienne and his wife were baptized in Catholic Churches. I have seen Étienne's baptismal record. Plus, he was not born in La Rochelle. His wife was. "Although it is true you had to be Catholic to move to Nouvelle France, the problem was easily solved. Many just renounced their protestant faith when they landed in Québec. "Although in Étienne and Marie's case, that was not necessary. They were already Catholic." By the way, although it is true La Rochelle had a protestant population, not everyone in La Rochelle was a Huguenot. --DLD, Geni.com

from http://genealogie.familleboucher.ca/tng/getperson.php?personID=I974... (father and son, both named Etienne):

Gorman Genealogy Project in Gorman Genealogy Project Web Site, managed by James Gorman :

Children: Marie Fontaine, Etienne Fontaine, Charles Fontaine, Madeleine-Marie Fontaine, Geneviève Fontaine, Angélique Fontaine, Élizabeth Fontaine, Marie-Hélène Fontaine, Antoine Fontaine, Pierre Fontaine, Jeanne Fontaine, Marie-Marguerite Fontaine

Sail from France to England about 1680

GEDCOM Note

Category:French Immigrants to New France

destination-flag = Flags-12.png

Biographie

Étienne Fontaine 1659 - 1739 )
Père et mère: Jacques Fontaine 2, 3 et Jeanne Colnut 2, 3.Baptême: Le 24 février 1659, il est baptisé à Ile-D'Yeu, Poulière, Vendée, France. Mariage: Le 8 février 1683, il épouse Marie Conille, fille de Pierre Conille et Marie Gitton à Saint-Laurent, Île d'Orléans, Canada.
Première mention au Canada: 1683. Décès: Le 22 mai 1739, il est inhumé à Saint-Jean, Île-d'Orléans, Canada.Enfants connus (known children of) d'Étienne Fontaine et de MarieConille: Marie Fontaine (1683 - ) Jeanne Fontaine (1685 - 1685) Étienne Fontaine (1686 - ) Madeleine Fontaine (1688 - ) Geneviève Fontaine (1690 - ) Marguerite Fontaine (1693 - ) Angélique Fontaine (1696 - ) Jeanne Fontaine (1700 - ) Pierre Fontaine (1704 - ) Hélène Fontaine (1706 - )

Sources (F)

1. Tanguay - Volume 1, p. 137, 234

2. Fichier Origine - version 13, 15 octobre 2000

3. Tanguay - Volume 1, p. 234

4. Tanguay - Volume 1, p. 234 (1661)

• Fichier origine [http://www.fichierorigine.com/detail.php?numero=241535]
• Généalogie Québec [http://genealogiequebec.info/testphp/info.php?no=7429]
• Nos origines [http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Etien...]
• Canadian Fontaine Genealogy Association [http://canfga.org/etienne.html]

Biography in English

Etienne Fontaine was born 24-Feb-1659 to Jacques Fontaine and Jeanne Colinet in Saint-Sauveur on Ile d'Yeau or Isle-Dieu in the district of Les Sables-D'Olonne in France. It is not known exactly when he arrived in Nouvelle-France (New France). However, on 4-Feb-1683, he filed amarriage contract in front of the notary public Vachon. He married Marie Conille on 8-Feb-1683 at Saint-Laurent church on the Ile d'Orleans in the Saint Lawrence River of New France. At the birth of their second child, Jeanne, the couple was living in Saint-Jean of the Ile d'Orleans. In 1689, we could find the couple still in Saint-Jean of the Ile d'Orleans in an established residence. They occupied ground number 48 with a land surface of 3 arpents. Today, this ground carries the civic numbers 1229 and 1233 Chemin Royal in Saint-Jean, Ile d'Orleans. In 1708, he was working as a boat master of a brigantin ("a two-mastedsailing vessel with a strong hand of rigging and a gaff sail handsailbehind the mast" --Wikipedia definition) called "The Saint-Louis". Upon a consent and enumeration on 25-Aug-1725, the boat occupied the same ground with a house, barn, cattle shed and now 50 arpents of arableland. In 1730, in front of the notary public Pichet, he bequeathed his land to his two sons. Etienne lived a long life of approximately 80 years and died in the presence of two of his sons and of Charles Francois Mazunier, missionary of the parish of Saint-Jean in May of 1739.His wife Marie had passed away two years earlier. They are buried on ground No. 44 in the parish burial grounds of Saint-Jean on the Ile d'Orleans.

His wife, Marie Conille His wife, Marie Conille was the daughter of Pierre Conille and Marie Giton. She was baptized on 27-Sep-1665 in Saint-Nicolas of Rochelle inAunis, France. She arrived in Nouvelle-France when she was a young girl with her mother where we find on 14-Aug-1669 her mother cancelled a marriage contract in front of the notary public Becquet. Marie's father, Pierre Conille, never came to Nouvelle-France. Marie was married when she was 17 years old. The marriage produced twelve children. She died in July of 1737 in Saint-Jean, Ile d'Orleans, Nouvelle-France. Biography from Famille Boucher (Etienne and Marthe Fontaine) Etienne Fontaine was born 24-Feb-1659 to Jacques Fontaine and Jeanne Colinet in Saint-Sauveur on Ile d'Yeau or Isle-Dieu in the district of Les Sables-D'Olonne in France. It is not known exactly when he arrivedin Nouvelle-France (New France). However, on 4-Feb-1683, he filed a marriage contract in front of the notary public Vachon. He married Marie Conille on 8-Feb-1683 at Saint-Laurent church on the Ile d'Orleans in the Saint Lawrence River of New France. At the birth of their secondchild, Jeanne, the couple was living in Saint-Jean of the Ile d'Orleans. . . .n 1708, it is mentioned he was working as a boat master. He was the master of a brigantin [ a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast] called "The Saint-Louis". Upon a consent and enumeration on 25-Aug-1725, the boat occupied the same ground with a house, barn, cattle shed and now 50 arpents of arable land. [http://canfga.org/etienne.html] His wife, Marie Conille was the daughter of Pierre Conille and Marie Giton. She was baptized on 27-Sep-1665 in Saint-Nicolas of Rochelle in Aunis, France. She arrived in Nouvelle-France when she was a young girl with her mother where we find on 14-Aug-1669 her mother cancelled a marriage contract in front of the notary public [named] Becquet.Marie's father, Pierre Conille, never came to Nouvelle-France. Marie was married when she was 17 years old. The marriage produced twelve children. She died in July of 1737 in Saint-Jean, Ile d'Orleans, Nouvelle-France. Timeline (from profile for Etienne on Geni.com, added by Marc Sequin, managed by Mimi Anderson) :1686 August 17, 1686 Birth of Étienne,St.Jean I.o., Montmorecy Is., Québec, Canada; August 19, 1686 Baptism of Étienne; August 19, 1686 christened on 8/19/1686, Saint-Jean, Montmorency No. 2, Québec, Canada; August 19, 1686 christened on 8/19/1686 St. Jean I.o., Montmorency Is., Québec, Canada :1706 November 16, 1706, Age 20, Marriage of Étienne Fontaine to Anne-Françoise Minau... St. Laurent I.o., Montmorency Is., Québec :1707 Age 20, Birth of Marie-Jeanne Fontaine, Ile d'Orleans; September4, 1707 Age 21,Birth of Marie-Anne Fontaine, St. Jean I. o., Montmorency Is., Québec, Canada

:1709 Age 22, Birth of Jeanne Fontaine, Québec, Canada :1711 April 4, 1711, Age 24, Birth of Jean Baptiste Fontaine, St. JeanI.o., Montmorency Is., Québec, Canada :1712 March 20, 1712 Age 25, Birth of Philippe Fontaine, Beaumont, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

:1713 September 6, 1713 Age 27, Birth of Angelique Fontaine Beaumont, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada :1715 January 24, 1715 Age 28, Birth of Marie-Geneviève Fontaine, St.Vallier, Bellechasse, Québec, CanadaSeptember 8, 1715 Age 29, Marriage of Étienne Fontaine to Marie-Madeleine Four...Québec :1717 January 25, 1717 Age 30, Birth of Étienne Fontaine, St.Vallier,Bellechasse, Québec, Canada :1718 March 20, 1718 Age 31, Birth of Marie-Madeleine Fontaine,St. Vallier, Bellechasse, Montamagny, Québec, Canada :1723 Age 36, Birth of Louis Fontaine, Levis, Desjardins, Quebec, Canada :1739 May 22, 1739 Age 52, Burial of Étienne, Saint-Jean, MontmorencyNo. 2, Québec, Canada :1764 May 13, 1764 Age 77, Death of Étienne at St. Jean, Ile D'orleans, Quebec

On the subject of whether Etienne and his wife were Huguenots: "Both Étienne and his wife were baptized in Catholic Churches. I haveseen Étienne's baptismal record. Plus, he was not born in La Rochelle. His wife was. "Although it is true you had to be Catholic to move to Nouvelle France, the problem was easily solved. Many just renounced their protestant faith when they landed in Québec. Although in Étienne and Marie's case, that was not necessary. They were already Catholic. By the way, although it is true La Rochelle had a protestant population, not everyone in La Rochelle was a Huguenot." --from DLD, on Etienne Fontaine Sr. profile on Geni.com

Children[http://www.canfga.org/etienne.html]:Marie Fontaine, Etienne Fontaine, Charles Fontaine, Madeleine-Marie Fontaine, Geneviève Fontaine, Angélique Fontaine, Élizabeth Fontaine,Marie-Hélène Fontaine, Antoine Fontaine, Pierre Fontaine, Jeanne Fontaine, Marie-Marguerite Fontaine

Christened on the 24/02/1659,on the Ile d'Yeu, Church of St. SaviourOccupation (s): Master Boat (1700, 1708), Navigator (1705, 1713, 1717), ship's pilot (1705, 1708), captain of the St. Louis (1711), living (1710) Etienne Fontaine is the last child of Jacques Fontaine and Jeanne Colinet.

--Research Programme on Migration of the French in New France[http://www.unicaen.fr/mrsh/prefen/fichePion.php?id=212&theme=origine]

--added by Bob Scrivens (Etienne Sr. is my 7th g. grandfather)

Sources

GenealogieQuebec [http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Etienn...] Etienne Fontaine, Geni.com profile [Étienne Fontaine]Gorman Genealogy Project in Gorman Genealogy Project Web Site, managedby James Gorman Famille Boucher (Etienne and Marthe Fontaine)and [http://genealogie.familleboucher.ca/tng/getperson.php?personID=I974...] (father and son, both named Etienne)

• [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/membership/voir.aspx?id=L%3a%2fReg...] Généalogie des familles d'Île d'Orléans, Drouin Genealogical Society

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Lapointe-611|Stephen Lapointe, Scrivens-11 | Bob Scrivens, and Gaston Tardif Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Gaston and others.

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