Adrienne Du Vivier

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name = Adrienne Du Vivier


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birth_date = 1626
birth_place = Corbeny, Laon, Picardy, France
death_date = Death date|1706|10|20
death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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resting_place = Notre Dame de Montreal
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known_for = Early settler of Montreal
spouse = Augustin Hébert (1646–1653)
Robert Lecavelier (1654–1699)
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Adrienne Du Vivier (1626 [1666 Montreal Census] -20 October 1706) was a French pioneer and one of the first white women to settle in the colony of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She and her husband are often referred to as "Montreal's First Citizens." [ "History of Montreal"]

Arrival in Montreal

Adrienne was born in 1626 in Corbeny, Laon, Picardy, France, a daughter of Antoine Du Vivier and Catherine Journe. In 1646, in St. Bartholemi, Paris, at the age of 20, she married a soldier Augustin Hébert (1623-23 November 1653) who had just returned from Canada. [Marcel Trudel "Catalogue des Immigrants 1632-1662"] He was a son of Guillaume Hébert and Marguerite Meunier of Caen, Normandy. In 1647, their first child Jeanne was born and baptised in St. Bartholmi, Paris. At the end of the year, Adrienne, her husband and baby Jeanne sailed from La Rochelle to New France along with the founder of Montreal Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. They arrived at Montreal Island, in early 1648, and they settled in Montreal, which was then called Ville-Marie. Adrienne was one of the few white women in the colony apart from Jeanne Mance who had founded a hospital with a group of nuns. In 1649, she had another daughter Pauline, who was the first white child baptised in Montreal.AugustinAdrienne Hébert page] ] Maisonneuve stood as godfather, Jeanne Mance was godmother. The child died a few weeks later. Augustin and Adrienne were deeded a huge parcel of land on the island. Augustin was a fur-trader, merchant, farmer and master-mason. He often traded with the Iroquois Indians. He and Adrienne had four children, of whom three reached adulthood. Adrienne and her husband were the first colonists to enroll an indentured servant otherwise known as an engagé.

Second marriage

In 1653, her husband Augustin died. His goods and property were transferred to her and she became one of Montreal's largest landowners. Adrienne married secondly 19 November 1654 Robert Lecavelier, a gunsmith from Cherbourg, Normandy (Died 28 July 1699). By Lecavelier, she had four children. They are listed on the 1666 Montreal Census [1666 Montreal Census] Adrienne died on 20 October 1706 at the age of 80. She was buried in Notre Dame de Montreal. She has numerous descendants in Canada and the United States. Her name is engraved on an obelisk along with other Montreal pioneers in the city's Place d'Youville, commissioned by the Historical Society of Montreal.

List of children

# Jeanne Hébert (1647 Paris, France-25 March 1687 Montreal, Canada). Married 7 March 1660 Montreal Jacques Milot (1632, Crouzille,Maine, France - 15 August 1699, Montreal). Had eleven children.
# Pauline Hébert (16 January 1649 Montreal - 28 January1649)
# Leger Hébert (19 April1650 Montreal -28 April 1719) St. Francois-du-Lac, Canada). Married Marguerite Gamelin (Born 1664). Had seven children.
# Ignace Hébert (28 October 1652 Montreal -25 July 1722 Varennes, Canada). Married firstly Jeanne Messier and had four sons. Married secondly Thèrése Choquette, by whom he had another four children.
# Marie Madeleine Lecavelier (1657 Montreal- 13 December 1716). Married Antoine Forestier (1646-1717)
# Jean Baptiste Lecavelier (Born 1659 Montreal). Married Anne La Marque. Had issue
# Louis Michel Lecavelier (Born 1664 Montreal).
# Pierre Lecavelier (Born 1662 Montreal). He is presumed to have died young.

References

External links

* [http://www.myerchin.org/AugustinAdrieenHebert.html AugustinAdrieenHebert page] at myerchin.org