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Guillaume Fournier

French: Fournier
Also Known As: "Guillaume FOURNIER"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Coulmer, Normandie, France
Death: October 24, 1699 (80)
Montmagny, Nouvelle FR (QC CA)
Place of Burial: Montmagny, Québec, New France
Immediate Family:

Son of Gilles Fournier and Noelle Gagnon
Husband of Marie-Françoise Hébert
Father of Gilles Fournier; Marie-Anne Fournier; Agathe Fournier; Jacquette Fournier; Joseph François Fournier and 10 others
Brother of Guillaume Fournier

Occupation: Co-owner of St. Charles, Co-Seigneur de St-Charles, C0-Seigneur de St-Charles, Co-seigneur de St. Charles, Co-proprietor of the Fief de Sault-au-Matelot; owner of the Fief St-Joseph in Montmagny. Arrived in Quebec during the summer of 1651.
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About Guillaume Fournier

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    • Drouin Institute (Archived marriage record - see attached in Media tab)

GUILLAUME FOURNIER was born about 1619 in Coulmer, Normandie, France. He died on 24 Oct 1699 in Montmagny, P. Q.. He was buried on 25 Oct 1699 in Montmagny, P. Q..

Guillaume Fournier and Francoise Hebert had at least 16 children. AGATHE relates to this genealogy. Their children were:

1. AGATHE, 2. Jean, 3, Jacquette, 4. Gilles, 5. Marie, 6. Joseph, 7. Marie-Madeleine, 8. Pierre, 9. Francoise, 10. Louis(1), 11. Louis(2) B 1673 & D 1674, 12. Madeleine, 13. Jacques, 14. ? Fournier B & D 1679, 15. Charles, & 16. Simon.

Parents: GILLES FOURNIER and NOELLE GAGUET. He was married to FRANCOISE HEBERT on 20 Nov 1651 in Quebec City, P. Q.. Children were: AGATHE FOURNIER, Simon FOURNIER, Marie FOURNIER, Jacquette FOURNIER, Jean FOURNIER, Louis FOURNIER, Charles FOURNIER, Joseph FOURNIER, Francoise FOURNIER, PIERRE FOURNIER.


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According to research, 32 persons named Fournier, crossed the Atlantic Ocean between 1650 and 1800. Most of these contracted marriage after their arrival in New-France. Of these 32 Fournier, 10 are considered first ancestors, having left lines of descendants traceable today.

Guillaume Fournier, our first ancestor, came from Normandy. The marriage register, in Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, indicates that he was the son of Gilles Fournier and Noëlle Gageult, from the small parish of Coulmer, in the departement of Orne, district of Argentan. In the Nationales Archives of Quebec, the marriage register indicates that he came from the parish of Coutant, bishopric of Normandie. Since we have not extensively researched the date of his arrival in our country, this question remains unanswered. The first trace of this ancestor is that of his marriage, in Notre-Dame Church in Quebec, on November 20th 1651, to Françoise Hébert, daughter of Guillaume Hébert and Hélène Desportes and grand-daughter of Louis Hébert, first Canadian farmer and the first, in Canada, to whom the King of France conceded lands or "fiefs" for his extraordinary work as a pioneer.

Guillaume Fournier had a combative and demanding temper and launched several proceedings against Mrs.Guillemette Hébert, daughter of Louis Hébert and wife of nobleman Guillaume Couillard. Guillemette Hébert was guardian of the three children of Guillaume Hébert, her brother, married to Hélène Desportes, and who was killed by the Iroquois around 1639. Then, Guillaume Fournier established himself on part of the land of the Sault-au-Matelot fief, conceded by Guillemette Hébert, and extending from Upper-town to Charlesbourg. On the 1667 Census, he was declared as living in Charlesbourg and aged 44 years old.

After several disputes, among them one with lady Charlotte de Poitiers, widow of Joseph Hébert, heir and brother of Françoise Hébert, to whom he had to concede a good part of his land of the Sault-au-Matelot property, Guillaume later received from the Intendant Talon " en fief et seigneurie" a grant of thirty arpents, two leagues deep, on the south shore of the St.-Lawrence River, and called "Fief St-Joseph" or "Fief Fournier" (Montmagny).

Twelve of the fourteen children of Guillaume and Françoise Hébert were born in Quebec. The last two were born in St-Thomas-de-la-Pointe-à-la-Caille (Montmagny). Guillaume becomes also "coseigneur" of the St-Charles parish, seigniory originally conceded to Louis Hébert.

Guillaume Fournier was one of the founders and pioneers of the St-Thomas-de-la-Pointe-à-la-Caille parish, in Montmagny. The first baptism is that of a child of Guillaume Fournier and Françoise Hébert, and it is also the case of the first marriage. Guillaume concedes part of his land for the construction of the second chapel of Montmagny. This generous gift gave him the privilege of having his own bench in the church, and this privilege is transmitted to one of his descendants up to our days. The house of Guillaume Fournier was the seat of various religious ceremonies, until the construction of the first chapel.

Guillaume Fournier died on October 24th 1699 in St-Thomas de Montmagny, at the age of eighty. His wife, Françoise Hébert, was elected "midwife" by the assembly of the women of this parish, on November 21st 1703, in St-Thomas. Françoise Hébert died in 1716, in Montmagny, at the age of eighty-six.

Guillaume Fournier and Françoise Hébert left the most important descendant bearing the name Fournier, in all North America, thanks to six sons and five daughters who married. Charles married to Elisabeth Bouchard on July 13th 1699, and Jean who married Marie Le Roy around 1687 will have the greatest number of descendants.


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Guillaume Fournier

Born: 1619

Coulmer, Argentan, Normandie, France

Died: 24 Oct 1699

Montmagny, [county], Quebec, Canada

Spouse

Francoise Hebert

Born: 23 Jan 1638 in [city], [county], Quebec, Canada

Died: 16 Mar 1716 in Montmagny, [county], Quebec, Canada

Marriage: 20 Nov 1651 in Quebec, Notre Dame, Quebec, Canada

Children Sex Birth

Gilles Fournier M 26 Nov 1653 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada

Marie Fournier F 5 May 1655 in [city], [county], Quebec, Canada

Agathe Fournier F 9 Apr 1657 in Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Jacquette Fournier F 9 Apr 1659 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada

Joseph Fournier M 12 Jul 1661 in Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Jean Fournier M 18 Mar 1665 in [city], [county], Quebec, Canada

Simon Fournier M 27 Apr 1667 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada

Pierre Fournier M 23 Apr 1669 in Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Francoise Fournier F 30 Apr 1671 in Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Louis Fournier M 20 Apr 1673 in Riviere Du Sud, [county], Quebec, Canada

Madeleine Fournier F 3 Aug 1675 in Montmagny, [county], Quebec, Canada

Charles Fournier M 20 Jun 1677 in Quebec, [county], Quebec, Canada

Anonyme Fournier F 24 Aug 1679 in Montmagny, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada


Guillaume arrived in New France (Canada) in 1651.


Il nait vers 1623 à Coulmer, Argentan, Orne, France

Il épousa Françoise Hébert, fille de Guillaume Hébert et Hélène Desportes le 20 novembre 1651 à la paroisse Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec,  Canada . 

Guillaume Fournier, Jean Martin, Agathe Fournier, Marie-Anne Fournier, Jean Fournier, Joseph Fournier, Simon Fournier, Jacquette Fournier et Françoise Hébert vivent en octobre 1667 à côte Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Québec,

Guillaume Fournier possède quatre bestiaux et dix-sept arpents de terre en valeur .

Jean Martin est domestique de Guillaume Fournier en octobre 1667 à côte Notre-Dame-des-Anges . Il est co-seigneur de Saint-Charles . Jean Prou vends sa terre de Rivière-à-la-Caille pour 150 livres à Guillaume Fournier le 22 février 1671 par devant Romain Becquet . Obtient concession du fief de la Pointe-au-Foin, près de Montmagny le 3 novembre 1672.

Guillaume Fournier est présent au mariage de Jacquette Fournier et Jean Prou le 5 juin 1673 à Québec,.

Guillaume Fournier, Madelaine Fournier, Charles Fournier, Jean Fournier, Françoise Fournier, Pierre Fournier, Joseph Fournier, Simon Fournier, Louis Fournier et Françoise Hébert vivent en 1681 à la seigneurie de Bellechasse, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec,

Guillaume Fournier possède trois fusils, douze bêtes à cornes et dix arpents de terre en valeur .

Guillaume Fournier vend sa concession du fief de la Pointe-au-Foin, près de Montmagny à Jacques Bernier dit Jean de Paris le 15 octobre 1684.

Il fut fondateur de l'église de Saint-Thomas, Montmagny,

Il décède le 24 octobre 1699 

. Il fut inhumé le 25 octobre 1699 dans l'église de Saint-Thomas, Montmagny


  1. Census: 1667 Charlesbourg 1
  2. Census: 1681 Montmagny 1
  3. Emigration: Coulmer, ar. Argentan, Normandie 1

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On semble l'identifier comme Pierre Paris mais parfois aussi Aimé Paris


GEDCOM Note

Guillaume Fournier
glise de CoulmerGuillaume Fournier, premier anctre est originaire de Normandie. Son extrait de mariage religieux indique quil est fils deGilles Fournier et Noelle Gagnon de la paroisse de Coulmer, petite commune dans le dpartement de lOrne, arrondissement dArgentan. Nayant pas fait de recherche exhaustive quant la date de son arrive au pays, cette question demeure en suspens. La premire trace de cet homme semble tre celle de son mariage le 20 novembre 1651 Notre-Dame-de-Qubec, avec Franoise Hbert , fille de Guillaume Hbert et dHlne Desportes et petite fille de Louis Hbert, premier Colon Canadien et premier au Canada, qui le Roi de France concda des terrains ou fiefs pour son travail extraordinaire comme dfricheur.

Guillaume_Fournier1Guillaume Fournier possdait un temprament batailleur et revendicateur et il intenta plusieurs procs Dame Guillemette Hbert, fille de Louis Hbert et pouse du Noble Guillaume Couillard. Guillemette Hbert tait tutrice des trois enfants de Guillaume Hbert, son frre, mari Hlne Desportes, qui fut tu par les Iroquois vers 1639. Guillaume Fournier sinstalla sur une partie du terrain du fief de la rivire Saint-Charles, appel Fief Saint-Joseph , concd par Guillemette Hbert et stendant de la rivire Saint-Charles jusqu Charlesbourg. Au recensement de 1667, il est dclar habitant de Charlesbourg et g de 44 ans.

Il eut plusieurs dmls, entre autre avec Dame Charlotte de Poitiers, pouse en premire noce de Joseph Hbert, hritier et frre de Franoise Hbert, qui il dut concder une bonne partie de ses terres du fief du Sault-au-Matelot (Guillaume Fournier fut perdant dans la plupart desprocs quil intenta). Aprs la vente de deux domaines sur le fief de la rivire Saint-Charles, lIntendant Jean Talon, Guillaume reoit de ce mme Intendant Talon, en fief et seigneurie, une concession de trente arpents sur le fleuve, sur deux lieues de profondeur sur la rivesud du fleuve Saint-Laurent, Fief appel Fief Saint-Joseph ou Fief Fournier (Montmagny). Dix des quatorze enfants de Guillaume et Franoise Hbert naquirent Qubec. Les quatre derniers virent le jour Saint-Thomas-de-la-Pointe--la-Caille (Montmagny). Ils furent baptiss par les prtres missionnaires; trois furent inscrits au registre de Qubec et le dernier Saint-Thomas.

Guillaume Fournier fut lun des fondateurs et pionniers de la paroisse Saint-Thomas de la Pointe la Caille de Montmagny. Le premier baptme fut celui d un enfant de Guillaume Fournier & Franoise Hbert de mme que le premier mariage. Guillaume concda une partie de son terrain pour la construction de la deuxime chapelle de Montmagny. Ce don gnreux lui valu le privilge de possder un banc dans lglise lui et lun de ses descendants jusqu nos jours. La maison de GuillaumeFournier fut dailleurs le lieu de clbration de divers offices religieux, jusqu la construction de la premire chapelle.

Guillaume Fournier dcda le 24 octobre 1699 Saint-Thomas de Montmagny lge de 80 ans. Sa femme, Franoise Hbert fut dclare Sage-femme lue dans lassemble des femmes de cette paroisse la pluralit des suffrages le 20 novembre 1703 Saint-Thomas. Franoise Hbert dcda en 1716 Montmagny lge de 86 ans. Guillaume Fournier et Franoise Hbert laissrent la plus grosse descendance portant le patronyme Fournier travers toute lAmrique du Nord, par 6 fils qui se marirent. Charles mari Elisabeth Bouchard le 13 juillet 1699 et Jean mari Marie Le Roy vers 1687 nous fournirent les plus grosses lignesde descendants. Les cinq filles de Guillaume Fournier par leurs mariages, furent les anctres des lignes Blanchet, Gesseron, Prou, Boul et Laporte.

Par Armelle Fournier, gnalogiste et archiviste

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Guillaume Fournier's Timeline

1619
July 1, 1619
Coulmer, Normandie, France
1619
Coulme, Normandie, France
1651
1651
Age 31
Québec, Quebec, Canada
1651
Age 31
Normandie
1652
1652
1653
November 26, 1653
Québec, Québec, Nouvelle-France
1655
May 5, 1655
Québec, Québec, Nouvelle-France
1657
April 9, 1657
Québec, Québec, Nouvelle-France