Louis Gasnier

Sources:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LB2X-PRY
Genealogie Gagné
Rootsweb

Notes

• Location info: Maine, France (birth,marriage), Perche, France (burial)
• Notes au sujet des dates de décès et sépulture : aucune date trouvée dans les records:
  • décès selon FichierOrigine pas trouvé, voir Rg St-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême, Orne image 297
  • consultation BMS St-Cosme-en-Vair:
    • aucune sépulture le 9 mars 1649 (Voir page 176 de 205, St-Cosme-de-Vair 1628-1667)
    • aucune sépulture le 9 avril 1640 (Voir page 163 de 205, St-Cosme-de-Vair 1628-1667 - il y a une sépulture le 23 mars et la prochaine le 25 avril 1640)
    • l'Association des Gagné-Bellavance affirme la date du 1er mai 1656 comme sépulture à St-Cosme-de-Vair. Cette date est aussin introuvable comme les autres (Voir page 193 de 205 St-Cosme-de-Vair 1628-1667
  • We chose the fartest date, i.e. May 1, 1656. If you have an authoritative source, please post here.
  • Si vous avez des sources, prière de les joindre ici.
• About second marriage with Noelle Chevallier This was added from a note in Fichier Origine. Is this actually valid? We need more sources. Consider suspect until we have more evidence.

More Data

Louis est de St-Cosme-de-Vair,Maine......ancetre de l'Honorable Honore Mercier et de Rene-Edouard Caron. Ancetre direct de Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal et du Cardinal Leger.

THE FIRST FARM, 1646:

On October 27, 1646, Louis and Marie leased a farm on the Saint Lawrence Ri ver at Cap Tourmante near the town of Saint Joachim. The farm was known as La Ferme Saint-Charl es or La Grande Ferme.

The owner was the "Company of New France."

Its local representative was Olivier LeTardif, who on March 27, 1647, served as godfather for Louis and Marie's son, Pierre.

THE ANCESTRAL LAND, 1650 AND THE FIRST HOUSE, 1653

Later, on October 20, 1650 the Company of Beaupré granted him a concessi on for lot number 96 on the coast of the St-Lawrence River. He was required to build a house on the property not later than the follow ing year. The text of his deed to this land is given later in this presentation.

There is a house on this property built on the original foundations bui lt by Louis in 1653.

The current address of the house is 432 Côté Ste. Anne in the town of Sai nte Anne de Beaupré, QC

The original house measured 24 by 22 feet including walls two feet thick.

M. Aime Gagné of Montréal QC has written a book in French:

Pionniers de la Nouvelle-France venus de Perche ($40 Canadian)

This book contains more details on Louis Gasnier and a plan of the origin al house.

The present owners of this house enjoy dramatic views of the countrysid

The house sits on a cliff overlooking the Saint Lawrence River valley.

From the back porch of this house, facing south, you can see the Isle of O rleans in the St-Lawrence River.

To the left, facing east, the river continues to the Atlantic.

To the right, facing west, is the rear of the great Basilica of Sainte An ne de Beaupré.

http://www.fichierorigine.com/detail.php?numero=241616

Date of birth is not verified.

place of death must likely at Vieux-Bellême

Note about Place of Burial: Some sources say "Vieux Bellême, Le Gué-de-la-Chaîne, Orne, Lower Normandy, France", but "Le Gué-de-la-Chaîne" was created only in 1872. In 1656, this location was "Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bellême, Perche, France". http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Martin-du-Vieux-Bell%C3%AAme

GEDCOM Source

Wayman.FTW Source Medium: Other Date of Import: Jul 13, 2001

Il n'est pas venu au Canada