By Julie LePage-Brassard The ancestor Antoine lePage known as Saint-Antoine came to settle in New France around 1697; In 1698, he married Madeleine Colin, daughter of Mathurin Colin, master mason, and Jacqueline Labbé. They had sixteen children, all baptized at the Saint-Antoine-de-Pade church in the barony of Longueuil. Antoine is a settler with no apparent profession. He clears his land of 2 x 60… Read more
Germain Lepage
By Gérard Lebel, C.Ss.R. Our Ancestors, vol 2 René Lepage belonged to a very close-knit family: Germain and Reine Larry, his father and mother; Louis, his uncle; Constance, his aunt. Germain and Louis emigrated to Canada before 1664; the others, after 1667, since they are not mentioned in the census of that year. Constance married François Garinet on 5… Read more
Testament of Germain Lepage
Sale of land located in the Ste-Marie coast, seigneury of Terrebonne, on the south side of the Ste-Marie river By Louis Lepage, priest lord of the fief and seigneury of Terrebonne, to Jacques Barbe de Terrebonne December 27, 1737 In front of the royal notary of Montreal residing at L'Isle Jésus underlined and witnesses finally named were present Messire Louis Lepage of St-Clair... Read more
Contract for the sale of land in the Seigneurie de Terrebonne to Jacques Barbe by Louis Lepage
Sale of land located in the Ste-Marie coast, seigneury of Terrebonne, on the south side of the Ste-Marie river By Louis Lepage, priest lord of the fief and seigneury of Terrebonne, to Jacques Barbe de Terrebonne December 27, 1737 Before the notary royal of Montreal residing at L'Isle Jesus underlined and witnesses finally named were present Messire Louis Lepage of St-Clair priest lord of … Read more
Father Louis Lepage
By Joseph-Noël Fauteux Essay on Industry in Canada, Chapter VI, Quebec, 1927 Because, better than any other, he embodies a type frequent in the history of New France that of the priest, manager of industrial companies , and also, because of the importance of its establishments, it is appropriate to grant a few special pages to Abbé Lepage, parish priest and lord of Terrebonne, who, as we… Read more
Louis Lepage of St. Clair
LEPAGE DE SAINTE-CLAIRE, LOUIS, priest, canon, lord, born August 22, 1690 in Saint-François, Île d'Orléans, son of René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, first lord of Rimouski, and Marie-Madeleine Gagnon, died in Terrebonne (Quebec) on December 3, 1762. Louis Lepage de Sainte-Claire belonged to a family established in New France since 1663. Entering the seminary of Quebec, Lepage de Sainte-Claire received… Read more
Lordship Pachot Métis
History: The Métis River Park http://www.atena.qc.ca/Sites/parcmitis/index.html Canadian Heritage Seigneury of Métis René Lepage, lord of Sainte-Claire Joseph Drapeau Colonization in the region of St. Lawrence estuary has long been an unaccomplished fact. It was only towards the end of the 18th century that development began to be significant. The development of the La Mitis region began… Read more
Record of paternity: at the time of our great families
An Olympic record for Paternity Text from the Press, Perspectives, September 25, 1976 by Jean Hêtu In the days of our big families In Quebec, our parents knew what houses full of children were like. Some 5413 families had thus earned free land towards the end of the last century, under a law of 1890 that the Mercier government… Read more
Family from Ricardo Lepage
Descendants of Hilaire Lepage {unitegallery ricardo_lepage}
Marc Lepage (father of Andrée Lepage) and his brother Hilarion
Marc Lepage, son of Pierre Lepage and Marie-Jeanne Bernier husband of Yvonne Poulin and father of Andrée Lepage (member 182) of Pierrefonds He is photographed here with his Canada Post uniform, the position he held upon his arrival in Montreal in 1932. He died of drowning in St-Anaclet de Lessard at Lac Desrosiers while he was on vacation. … Read more