Individual Details
Zacharie Cloutier
(16 Aug 1617 - 3 Feb 1708)
In 1637 Robert Giffard granted them lands in his seigneurie of Beauport. Zacharie received the back lot, which he called "La Cloutiererie" (the Cloutier Estate), and Jean received the plot closer to the river Buisson, from which he gave himself the surname DuBuisson.
Employed around 1646/7 by the Compagnie des Habitants de la Nouvelle-France, a.k.a. Les Cents-Associés, as a clerk.
Some years later, Zacharie the son returned to France with his friend, Olivier LeTardif. There Zacharie married Marie Madeleine Émard on 4 April 1648 and Olivier LeTardif married Madeleine's sister, Barbe, on 21 May 1648. The two couples, along with Madeleine and Barbe's unmarried sister, Anne, sailed for Québec in 1649. Anne married Guillaume Couture on 16 November 1649 in Québec. The marriage contract drawn on 29 March 1648, La Rochelle, France by Notary Teuleron, names Zacharie as "Sieur de La Clouterie, commis de la Communauté de Messieurs des Habitants de la Nouvelle-France."
He was a level headed man, charitable, friendly and a good farmer. Zacharie's daughter Geneviève later married Jean's son Joseph.
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On 14 March 1634 Zacharie Cloutier and Jean Guyon dit DuBuisson signed the contract to go with Seigneur Robert Giffard to Nouvelle-France. On 4 June 1634 the ship arrive in Québec, and Zacharie and Jean proceeded to Notre-Dame-de-Beauport. They immediately built a shelter in which both of them lived.
In 1637 Robert Giffard granted them lands in his seigneurie of Beauport. Zacharie received the back lot, which he called "La Cloutiererie" (the Cloutier Estate), and Jean received the plot closer to the river Buisson, from which he gave himself the surname DuBuisson.
Employed around 1646/7 by the Compagnie des Habitants de la Nouvelle-France, a.k.a. Les Cents-Associés, as a clerk.
Some years later, Zacharie the son returned to France with his friend, Olivier LeTardif. There Zacharie married Marie Madeleine Émard on 4 April 1648 and Olivier LeTardif married Madeleine's sister, Barbe, on 21 May 1648. The two couples, along with Madeleine and Barbe's unmarried sister, Anne, sailed for Québec in 1649. Anne married Guillaume Couture on 16 November 1649 in Québec. The marriage contract drawn on 29 March 1648, La Rochelle, France by Notary Teuleron, names Zacharie as "Sieur de La Clouterie, commis de la Communauté de Messieurs des Habitants de la Nouvelle-France."
He was a level headed man, charitable, friendly and a good farmer. Zacharie's daughter Geneviève later married Jean's son Joseph.
Events
| Birth | 16 Aug 1617 | St-Jean de Mortagne, Sées, Perche, Orne, France |  | ||
| Christen | 16 Aug 1617 | Mortagne-Au-Perche, Orne, Normandie, France | | ||
| Marriage | 4 Apr 1648 | St-Barthélemy, La Rochelle, Aunis, France - Madeleine Emard | | ||
| Occupation | 1666 | Charpentier - Beaupré, Québec, Canada, New France | | ||
| Death | 3 Feb 1708 | Château-Richer, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Burial | 4 Feb 1708 | La-Visitation-De-Notre-Dame-De-Château-Richer, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France | | ||
| Alt name | Zacharie Cloustier | ||||
| Reference No | M610 | |
Families
| Spouse | Madeleine Emard (1625 - 1708) |
| Child | Barbe-Delphine Cloutier (1650 - 1711) |
| Child | René Cloutier (1651 - 1711) |
| Child | Sainte Cloutier (1653 - 1706) |
| Child | Geneviève Cloutier (1655 - 1725) |
| Child | Madeleine Cloutier (1657 - 1721) |
| Child | Marie Cloutier (1659 - 1704) |
| Child | Charles Dumont Cloutier (1662 - 1729) |
| Child | Pierre Cloutier (1666 - 1712) |
| Father | Zacharie Cloutier (1590 - 1677) |
| Mother | Saintes Dupont (1596 - 1680) |
| Sibling | Jean Cloutier (1620 - 1690) |
| Sibling | Anne Cloustier (1626 - 1648) |
| Sibling | Charles Cloustier (1629 - 1709) |
| Sibling | Charles Cloutier (1629 - 1709) |
| Sibling | Marie-Loise Cloustiere (1632 - 1699) |
Endnotes
1. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Albert Jean Joseph Perreault," pp. 1-361; Unpublished family tree, 2024-07-26, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
2. Quebec, 1667 Census, Côte de Beaupré, Zacarie Cloustier household, entry for Zacarie Cloustier, age 50; browseable images, “[Recensement du Canada. Nominatif: religieux, familles (noms, prénoms, surnoms), âges, ...],” , Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 14 Aug 2024), waypoints: Fonds des Colonies > Série G1. Dépôt des papiers publics des colonies; état civil et recensements > [Recensements et documents divers > Recensement du Canada. Nominatif: religieux, familles (noms, prénoms, surnoms), âges, ...] > image 138 of 179; citing Centre des archives d'outre-mer (France) vol. 460..
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4. "Canada, Quebec, Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies, Family Origins, 1621-1865", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDB-HK5Q : Wed Feb 19 20:18:29 UTC 2025), Entry for Zacharie Cloutier and Zacharie Cloutier, x..
5. Source Information Ancestry.com. Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi..
6. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire,"; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
7. René Jetté, Professor, historian, demographer and Quebec genealogist., Genealogical Dictionary of Quebec Families Dating to 1730 (Montréal, Quebec, Canada: University of Montreal Press, 1983), .
8. France. Archives départementales de l'Orne. Fonds de l'état civil numérisé. État civil de la commune de Mortagne-au-Perche, paroisse Saint-Jean et Saint-Malo. Registres paroissiaux (baptêmes, mariages, sépultures), 3NUMECRP293/AC293_24 (1600-1712), p. 86a (image 87 de 957)..
9. Site web du Fichier origine.
10. "Canada, Quebec, Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies, Family Origins, 1621-1865", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDB-HK5Q : Wed Feb 19 20:18:29 UTC 2025), Entry for Zacharie Cloutier and Zacharie Cloutier, x..
11. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Albert Jean Joseph Perreault," pp. 1-361; Unpublished family tree, 2024-07-26, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
13. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Albert Jean Joseph Perreault," pp. 1-361; Unpublished family tree, 2024-07-26, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
14. Site web du Fichier origine.
15. Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 Château Richer La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame Baptêmes, mariages, sépul...ures 1679-1717, 1780-1790 page 148.
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17. Source Information Ancestry.com. Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi..
18. Université de Montréal, "Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH)," database, The 1852 and 1881 Historical Censuses of Canada (https://www.prdh.umontreal.ca/census/en/main.aspx: [AccessType] [AccessDate]), [ItemOfInterest]..
19. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire,"; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
20. Site web du Fichier origine.
21. Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 Château Richer La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame Baptêmes, mariages, sépul...ures 1679-1717, 1780-1790 page 148.
22. Source Information Ancestry.com. Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi..
23. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.