This plaque is dedicated to the founding couple of the Anctils in North America

and has been placed in Riviere-Ouelle at the exact location of Jean Anctil’s land grant.

Anctil/St-Jean/Levesque – Founding Family

Jean Anctil/St-Jean married Marguerite Levesque on 25 Nov 1738 in Riviere-Ouelle (Kamouraska) in the Bas-St-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Jean was from Ducey (St-Pair, Manche) in France and he was the son of Louis Anquetil and Jeanne Fontaine. He arrived in Quebec in 1734 and was a fisherman. His wife Marguerite was the daughter of Francois-Robert Levesque and Charlotte Aubert. The couple settled in La Pocatiere.

Children from this marriage were:

Jean Baptiste Anctil/St Jean who married Elisabeth Fournier on 18 Feb 1765 in Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours parish in Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec. Elisabeth’s Fournier’s parents were Jean Francois Fournier and Marie Genevieve Gagnon. They had at least one child – Noel Anctil – who married Modeste Levesque in 1796 in Notre-Dame-de-Liesse church in Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec. Noel and Modeste had a son Louis Anctil/St-Jean who married Angele Theriault on 17 Feb 1840 in St-Pascal (Kamouraska). Angele’s parents were Joseph Marie Theriault and Euphrosine Paradis.

Josephte Anctil/St-Jean who married Joseph Dionne on 28 Jul 1760 in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere Parish in La Pocatiere (Kamouraska) Quebec. His parents were Joseph Dionne and Madeleine Meneux.

Judith Anctil/St-Jean who married Francois Fournier on 18 Feb 1765 in L’Islet-sur-Mer L’Islet in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. They were married in Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours parish. His parents were Francois Fournier and Genevieve Gagnon.

Catherine Anctil/St-Jean who married Joseph Duval on 15 Jan 1770 in La Pocatiere (Kamouraska) Quebec. His parents were Francois Duval and Elisabeth Goupil.

Sources:

Researchers: Marcel Anctil and Clement Levesque

www.fichierorigine.com

Le Centre de Genealogie Francophone d’Amerique

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