Researchers have found that many French Canadian descendants can trace their lineage back through Catherine de Baillon to Charlemagne. As shown below, she was the daughter of Alphonse de Baillon and Louise de Marle. From the information found in research done by John DuLong in his research of Catherine, and as explained to me by Gail Moreau who has been involved with the research team, she was of minor nobility as opposed to the higher class nobility that existed in France. Having settled in New France about 1669, she came one of the Filles du Roi/Daughters of the King. The King's Daughters were part of King Louis XIV's program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada. Some 737 of these women married and the resultant population explosion gave rise to the success of the colony. Most of the millions of people of French Canadian descendants today, both in Québec, the rest of Canada and the USA (and beyond!), are descendants of one or more of these courageous women of the 17th century. The first women who came were of a higher class but it was then realized that the work of the first settlers was difficult and hardy women were needed to help their husbands and to populate their new homeland often under austere conditions. This resulted in women from various backgrounds becoming part of this group. Married to Jacques Miville dit Deschênes on November, 12 1669 at Québec City, she and Jacques had six children listed on the chart below. There is more information on the research being done on Catherine de Baillon's lineage that can be found on the Catherine de Baillon Research web site accessible on the Links page of this site.
The King's Daughters were part of King Louis XIV's program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada. Some 737 of these women married and the resultant population explosion gave rise to the success of the colony. Most of the millions of people of French Canadian descendants today, both in Québec, the rest of Canada and the USA (and beyond!), are descendants of one or more of these courageous women of the 17th century. The first women who came were of a higher class but it was then realized that the work of the first settlers was difficult and hardy women were needed to help their husbands and to populate their new homeland often under austere conditions. This resulted in women from various backgrounds becoming part of this group.
Married to Jacques Miville dit Deschênes on November, 12 1669 at Québec City, she and Jacques had six children listed on the chart below.
There is more information on the research being done on Catherine de Baillon's lineage that can be found on the Catherine de Baillon Research web site accessible on the Links page of this site.
1. MATHURIN1 BAILLON
Child of MATHURIN BAILLON is: 2. i. MICHEL2 BAILLON, VICOMTE DE CAUDEBEC, d. Aft. July 12, 1515.
GENERATION No. 2
2. MICHEL2 BAILLON, VICOMTE DE CAUDEBEC (MATHURIN1) died Aft. July 12, 1515. He married JEANNE LESEIGNEUR, daughter of ADAM LESEIGNEUR, SEIGNEUR D'EPRETOT.
Child of MICHEL BAILLON and JEANNE LESEIGNEUR is: 3. i. ADAM3 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, d. Bef. June 26, 151.
Generation No. 3
3. ADAM3 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE (MICHEL2, MATHURIN1) died Bef. June 26, 151. He married PHILIPPE VAULTIER, daughter of BARTHÉLEMY VAULTIER and ANNE DE LA VAUZELLE.
Child of ADAM BAILLON and PHILIPPE VAULTIER is: 4. i. ADAM4 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, d. Bef. January 15, 1609/10.
Generation No. 4
4. ADAM4 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE (ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1) died Bef. January 15, 1609/10. He married JEANNE DE LASAUSSAYE, daughter of JEAN DE LASAUSSAYE and JEANNE DE MORVILLIERS.
Child of ADAM BAILLON and JEANNE DE LASAUSSAYE is: 5. i. ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE.
Generation No. 5
5. ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE (ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1). He married RENÉE MAILLARD Abt. 1580, daughter of MILES MAILLARD and MARIE MORANT.
Child of ADAM BAILLON and RENÉE MAILLARD is: 6. i. ALPHONSE6 DE BAILLON, SEIGNEUR DE LA MASCOTTERIE, b. Unknown; d. Bef. October 25, 1673.
Generation No. 6
6. ALPHONSE6 DE BAILLON, SEIGNEUR DE LA MASCOTTERIE (ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1) was born Unknown, and died Bef. October 25, 1673. He married LOUISE DE MARLE Abt. 1640 in Montfort L'Amaury (Yvelines), France, daughter of MATHURIN DE MARLE and ANNE BIZET.
Child of ALPHONSE DE BAILLON and LOUISE DE MARLE is: 7. i. CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON, b. Abt. 1645, Montfort l'Amaury, Rambouillet, France; d. January 27, 1687/88, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
Generation No. 7
7. CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON (ALPHONSE6, ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1) was born Abt. 1645 in Montfort l'Amaury, Rambouillet, France, and died January 27, 1687/88 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. She married JACQUES MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES November 12, 1669 in Québec, Canada, son of PIERRE LE SUISSE and CHARLOTTE MAUGIS.
Notes for CATHERINE DE BAILLON: Marriage at Notre-Dame de Québec
Children of CATHERINE DE BAILLON and JACQUES DESCHÊNES are: i. CATHERINE MIVILLE8 DESCHÊNES, b. August 22, 1670, Québec, Canada; d. July 13, 1715, Québec, Canada; m. (1) IGNACE DURAND, February 24, 1690/91, Québec, Canada; m. (2) JEAN SOULARD, September 16, 1701, Québec, Canada; m. (3) JEAN-JOSEPH FERRÉ, February 06, 1712/13, Québec, Canada. 8. ii. JEAN MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. September 05, 1672, Québec, Canada; d. December 30, 1711, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
iii. CHARLES MIVILLE DESCHÊNES, b. September 05, 1671, Québec, Canada; m. LOUISE GRONDIN, February 13, 1696/97, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
iv. JEAN MIVILLE DESCHÊNES, b. September 05, 1672, Québec, Canada; d. December 30, 1711, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. MADELEINE DUBÉ, May 13, 1691, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
v. MARIE MIVILLE DESCHÊNES, b. March 30, 1675, St-Jean Port Joli, Québec, Canada; d. Abt. 1681.
vi. CHARLES MIVILLE DESCHÊNES, b. August 14, 1677, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. 1758; m. MARTHE VALLÉE, August 28, 1702, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
vii. MARIE-CLAUDE MIVILLE DESCHÊNES, b. January 10, 1680/81, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. (1) FRANÇOIS NIQUET, January 07, 1698/99, St-François, du Lac, Québec, Canada; m. (2) LOUIS HAREL, March 02, 1709/10, St-Fançois du Lac, Québec, Canada; m. (3) GILLES BADAILLAC DIT LAPLANTE, July 22, 1725, St-François, du Lac, Québec, Canada.
Generation No. 8
8. JEAN MIVILLE DIT8 DESCHÊNES (CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON, ALPHONSE6, ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1) was born September 05, 1672 in Québec, Canada, and died December 30, 1711 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. He married MADELEINE DUBÉ May 13, 1691 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada, daughter of MATHURIN DUBÉ and MARIE CAMPION.
Children of JEAN DESCHÊNES and MADELEINE DUBÉ are: i. JEAN-BAPTISTE MIVILLE DIT9 DESCHÊNES, b. February 21, 1691/92, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. February 08, 1711/12, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
ii. MADELEINE MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. August 08, 1693, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. NICOLAS LIZOTTE, May 03, 1724, LaPocatière, Québec, Canada.
iii. JOSEPH MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. April 14, 1695, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. 1780; m. JEANNE LÉVESQUE, August 31, 1722, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
iv. ANGÉLIQUE MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. January 30, 1696/97, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. March 19, 1769, LaPocatière, Québec, Canada; m. MATHURIN BÉRUBÉ, April 06, 1713, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
v. PIERRE MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. February 22, 1698/99, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. January 20, 1787, LaPocatière, Québec, Canada; m. MARIE-ANNE ROY, Abt. October 28, 1726, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada.
vi. FRANÇOIS MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. December 27, 1700, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
vii. PIERRE-FRANÇOIS MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. January 31, 1701/02, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. (1) MADELEINE PARADIS, January 08, 1726/27, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. (2) GENEVIÈVE LEBEL, January 29, 1753, LaPocatière, Québec, Canada; m. (3) ANGÉLIQUE BOUCHER, April 11, 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
viii. GUILLAUME MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. March 07, 1703/04, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. February 10, 1799, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. (1) MADELEINE SOUCY, January 14, 1725/26, LaPocatière, Québec, Canada; m. (2) MARIE-ANNE BOUCHARD, July 26, 1745, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
ix. MADELEINE MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. May 18, 1706, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. JACQUES ROBIDAS, January 07, 1733/34, St-Fançois du Lac, Québec, Canada.
9. x. GENEVIÈVE MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. July 02, 1708, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
xi. JEAN-BERNARD MIVILLE DIT DESCHÊNES, b. February 20, 1710/11, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. FRANÇOISE SOUCY, Abt. November 23, 1733.
Generation No. 9
9. GENEVIÈVE MIVILLE DIT9 DESCHÊNES (JEAN MIVILLE DIT8, CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON, ALPHONSE6, ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1) was born July 02, 1708 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. She married JOSEPH DE LAVOIE May 13, 1725 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada, son of JEAN DE LAVOIE and MADELEINE BOUCHER.
Children of GENEVIÈVE DESCHÊNES and JOSEPH DE LAVOIE are: 10. i. AUGUSTIN10 LAVOIE. ii. FRANÇOIS LAVOIE, m. ANGÉLIQUE LÉVESQUE, January 09, 1769, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada. iii. JOSEPH LAVOIE, b. Abt. 1734; d. August 08, 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada; m. MADELEINE MICHAUD, November 23, 1750, LaPocatière, Québec, Canada. iv. JEAN LAVOIE, m. JOSÈPHE BÉRUBÉ, February 27, 1764, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
Generation No. 10
10. AUGUSTIN10 LAVOIE (GENEVIÈVE MIVILLE DIT9 DESCHÊNES, JEAN MIVILLE DIT8, CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON, ALPHONSE6, ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1). He married FRANCOISE BÉRUBÉ January 21, 1754 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada, daughter of PIERRE BÉRUBÉ and MADELEINE LÉVESQUE.
Children of AUGUSTIN LAVOIE and FRANCOISE BÉRUBÉ are: i. ANDRÉ11 LAVOIE, m. LOUISE PELLETIER, November 22, 1798, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
ii. AUGUSTIN LAVOIE, m. (1) MADELEINE PERRAULT, November 19, 1781, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. (2) MARIE-ANNE LÉVESQUE, February 14, 1802, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
iii. IGNACE LAVOIE, m. ANGÉLIQUE PLOURDE, November 11, 1782, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
iv. JEAN-ROCH LAVOIE, m. JULIE PELLETIER, November 20, 1797, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
v. JOSEPH LAVOIE, m. CHARLLOTTE LIZOTTE, November 22, 1779, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
11. vi. VICTOIRE LAVOIE.
vii. FRANÇOISE LAVOIE, b. January 11, 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. January 12, 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
viii. JUDITH LAVOIE, b. February 23, 1765, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; d. September 02, 1765, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
Generation No. 11
11. VICTOIRE11 LAVOIE (AUGUSTIN10, GENEVIÈVE MIVILLE DIT9 DESCHÊNES, JEAN MIVILLE DIT8, CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON, ALPHONSE6, ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1). She married PATRICE LÉVESQUE November 29, 1780 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada, son of ANTOINE LÉVESQUE and GENEVIÈVIE AUTIN.
Children of VICTOIRE LAVOIE and PATRICE LÉVESQUE are: i. CHARLES12 LÉVESQUE, m. MARTHE LÉVESQUE, November 23, 1818, St-André-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada.
ii. ELIE LÉVESQUE, m. (1) MARGUERITE GRAVEL, November 17, 1815, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada; m. (2) URSULE LECLERC DIT FRANCOEUR, October 06, 1823, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
iii. IGNACE LÉVESQUE, m. VICTOIRE ROUSSEAU, November 23, 1818, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
iv. JOSÈPHE LÉVESQUE, m. LOUIS LÉVESQUE, August 07, 1815, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada des Habitants, Grand-Pré, Acadia.
v. JUDITH LÉVESQUE, m. RAPHAEL BÉRUBÉ, September 22, 1806, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
12. vi. LAMBERT LÉVESQUE.
vii. LOUIS-MARIE LÉVESQUE, m. (1) JULIE EMOND, November 03, 1811, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada; m. (2) CONSTANCE MALENFANT, February 22, 1819, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada des Habitants, Grand-Pré, Acadia.
viii. VINCENT LÉVESQUE, m. THÉOTISTE EMOND, May 07, 1810, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
Generation No. 12
12. LAMBERT12 LÉVESQUE (VICTOIRE11 LAVOIE, AUGUSTIN10, GENEVIÈVE MIVILLE DIT9 DESCHÊNES, JEAN MIVILLE DIT8, CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON, ALPHONSE6, ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1). He married HENRIETTE PASTOUREL November 16, 1818 in Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada, daughter of GUILLAUME PASTOUREL and GENEVIÈVE BRIAND.
Children of LAMBERT LÉVESQUE and HENRIETTE PASTOUREL are: i. BENJAMIN13 LÉVESQUE, m. (1) JULIE LÉVESQUE, October 16, 1860, Baie-des-Sables, Quebec, Canada; m. (2) HENRIETTE GENDRON, September 15, 1868, Baie-des-Sables, Quebec, Canada.
ii. CLÉMENT LÉVESQUE, m. (1) VIRGINIE LÉVESQUE, July 08, 1855, St-Pacome, Kamouraska, P.Q., Canada; m. (2) DÉMÉRISE PLOURDE, February 29, 1892, Mont Carmel, Quebec, Canada.
iii. ESTHER LÉVESQUE, m. GERMAIN LÉVESQUE, October 18, 1842, Rivière- Ouelle, Quebec, Canada.
iv. FRANCOIS LÉVESQUE, m. DÉMÉRISE LÉVESQUE, February 02, 1857, St-Pacome, Kamouraska, P.Q., Canada.
v. HENRIETTE LÉVESQUE, m. JEAN LÉVESQUE, October 12, 1875, St-Pacome, Kamouraska, P.Q., Canada.
vi. JOSEPH LÉVESQUE, m. LUCE GAGNON, January 29, 1850, Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada des Habitants, Grand-Pré, Acadia.
vii. JUSTINE LÉVESQUE, m. CHARLES LÉVESQUE, March 03, 1862, St-Pacome, Kamouraska, P.Q., Canada.
viii. RACHEL LÉVESQUE, m. EUSÈBE LÉVESQUE, February 06, 1844, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
ix. VITALINE LÉVESQUE, m. STANISLAS D'ANJOU, August 14, 1855, St-Pacome, Kamouraska, P.Q., Canada.
x. AGNÈS LÉVESQUE, m. LOUIS GOSSELIN, February 02, 1862, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada.
13. xi. ETIENNE LÉVESQUE, b. 1831, Kamouraska, P.Q., Canada; d. March 03, 1903, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 13
13. ETIENNE13 LÉVESQUE (LAMBERT12, VICTOIRE11 LAVOIE, AUGUSTIN10, GENEVIÈVE MIVILLE DIT9 DESCHÊNES, JEAN MIVILLE DIT8, CATHERINE7 DE BAILLON, ALPHONSE6, ADAM5 BAILLON, SIEUR DE VALENCE, ADAM4, ADAM3, MICHEL2, MATHURIN1) was born 1831 in Kamouraska, P.Q., Canada, and died March 03, 1903 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He married PHILOMÈNE RAYMOND DIT PHOCAS October 24, 1859 in St-Octave-de-Métis, Kamouraska , Québec, Canada, daughter of MICHEL PHOCAS and ELISE DUMAIS.