He began a relationship with his first wife before they were married, when he was about 24 years old and she was about 15 years old. He was prosecuted by her parents, François Janis and Simone Marie Brousseau for impregnating Charlotte with the promise of marriage, when she was 15 or 16 years old. [2] Unfortunately, the child they had died at about a week old. As a result of this prosecution, he agreed to marry her, and married her the following year.
He married Marie-Charlotte Janis on 25 Oct 1726 in Québec City, Canada, at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec. [3] Together, they had the following known children:
Marie Charlotte Debreuil, born 1727-04-09[5] She married 1st Francois Vezinat on 11 Jan 1745 at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec. She married second, Jean Dueme Quercy on Nov 24 1757 at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec.
His first wife, Charlotte, passed away on June 4, 1733, at the age of 26.
Second Marriage
He married Marie Charlotte Giroux, widow of Jean Baptiste Dessalines, on February 16, 1735, at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec.[6]
There were no known children from this marriage.
His second wife passed away on March 21, 1737.
Third Marriage
He married Felicite Vesinat on July 21, 1738 at L'Ange Gardien. Together, they had three known children: [7]
He died on October 22, 1742, and was buried the next day at Notre-Dame-de-Québec. [11]
Sources
↑Baptême, 30 Decembre 1700, Jean Étienne Dubreuil, naissance, 29 Decembre 1700, "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99S-DS1K : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1679-1790, part 1-25 > image 799 of 919; Archives Nationales du Québec (National Archives of Québec), Montréal
↑ "Procès de François Janis, second cuisinier de Monseigneur le gouverneur général, comparant par Simone Brosseau, sa femme, contre Jean Dubreuil, fils du notaire Etienne Dubreuil, accusé d'avoir séduit et mis en enceinte sa fille Charlotte, âgée d'environ 15 ou 16 ans, sous de fausses promesses de mariage," BAnQ Québec, https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3354193, Juridiction ecclésiastique de Québec (Officialité de Québec) et de la Prévôté de Québec
↑Mariage, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec), 1726-10-25, Jean Etienne Dubreuil (fils d'Etienne Dubreuil et Marguerite Lavasseur), et Charlotte Janis (fille d'Francois Janis et Simone Broussau),Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/68503, Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
↑Baptême, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec), 1725-04-29, Anne Francoise Dubreuil, fille d'Jean Etienne Dubreuil et de Charlotte Janis naissance: 1725-04-29, Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/65301 Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
↑Baptême, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec), 1727-04-09, Marie Charlotte Debreuil, fille d'Jean Etienne Debreuil et de Charlotte Janis, naissance: 1727-04-09, Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/65667, Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
↑Mariage, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec), 1735-02-16, Jean Etienne Dubreuil (veuf de Marie Charlotte Janis), et Marie Charlotte Giroux (veuve de Jean Baptiste Dessalines, Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/164746, Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
↑Mariage, L'Ange-Gardien, 1738-07-21, Etienne Dubreuil, veuf d'Charlotte Girou, et Felicite Vesinat, fille d'Pierre Vesinat & Elisabeth Mathieu , Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/141601, Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
↑Baptême, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec), 1739-05-21, Marie Catherine Dubreuil, fille d'Jean Etienne Dubreuil et Felicite Vesinas, naissance, 1739-05-21, Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/161356, Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
↑Baptême, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec), 1740-08-30, Jean Etienne Dubreuil, fille d'Jean Etienne Dubreuil et Felicite Visina, naissance, 1740-08-29, Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/161356, Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
↑Baptême, Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec), 1742-04-15, Marie Josephe Dubreuil, fille d'Jean Etienne Dubreuil et Felicite Vesinas, naissance, 1742-04-14, Généalogie Québec,https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/162144, Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE
Ancestry.com. Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890
Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours. Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871-1890. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
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