Turgeon Maternal Genealogy
Our Turgeon Maternal Ancestry
Most family trees show the paternal side only. Tracing one’s paternal ancestry is the easiest information to gather, and many people do not research their family lines further than this. We look at the maternal lines for the wives of Antoine Turgeon, Louis Turgeon, Zacharie Turgeon and Charles Turgeon. These are our earliest Turgeon ancestors. Many of the families shown below are counted among the earliest colonists of New France. The Louis Patry family is briefly reviewed also.
Zacharie Turgeon’s wife was named Marie Elisabeth Roy, sometimes her last name is shown as ‘Le Roy’. In French ‘Roi’ means ‘King’ and ‘Le Roi’ means ‘The King’. The Roy family claims kinship to many of the old royal families in Europe as well as other famous persons in history. In the last section titled ‘Fact or Fiction’ I show a small portion of the kings, queens, saints, and sinners the Roy family claims for it ancestry.
It does not take more than a couple of generations to see that the family surnames grows exponentially. You will see and read about a number of families found in our family tree. To make it easier for you I have included a scaled down version of our family tree so you can understand how these families are related to us. Please remember that the following family trees show only the MATERNAL side of our family.
Turgeon Family Tree (Basic):
Antoine Turgeon / Dorothee Baucher – Morency Family Tree:
Zacharie Turgeon Maternal Family Tree
Louis Turgeon Maternal Family Tree
Antoine Turgeon Family Line
Joseph Baucher-Morency and Genevieve Huot had the following children: Genevieve Baucher, Angelica Baucher, Marie-Dorothee Baucher, Guillaume Baucher, Marie-Josephe Baucher, Michel Morency, and Marguerite Baucher. Marie-Dorothee Baucher married our great great great great grandfather, Antoine Turgeon, in Bellechasse, Beaumont County, Quebec. The following information shows the maternal parentage for Marie-Dorothee Baucher, and the family line begins with our father, John William Smith.
Baucher-Morency Line:
Origin: French. Spelling variations include: Montmorency, Monmorency, Montemuran, Munmorency and others. First found in Ille de France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and where they were seated with lands and manor. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: a bearer of Morency, who is on record as living in Quebec; and Guillaume Morency-Baucher, who arrived in Quebec in 1656.
John William Smith
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Mary (Smith) Turgeon
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Phileas Turgeon
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Cesaire Turgeon
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Francois Xavier Turgeon
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Dorothee Baucher-Morency
Born: 12 Sept 1746 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Married: 1763
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Antoine Turgeon
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Joseph Baucher-Morency (Father)
Born: 19 May 1715 – Sainte-Famille (the Island of Orleans), Montmorency, Quebec
Baptism: Same date as above
Married: 27 Aug 1737 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
Died: April 1781 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
Spouse: Genevieve Huot
Born: 11 Sept 1715 – L’Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Quebec
Died: Dec 1776 – Beaumont, Bellechasse, Quebec
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Guillaume Baucher-Morency
Born: 1666, Quebec
Married: 1694
Died: 1717, Quebec
Spouse: Marie-Madeleine-Asselin
Born: 25 Aug 1679, Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency Quebec,
Died: 15 Aug 1715, Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
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Guillaume (ancestor) Baucher-Morency
Born: Oct 1630
Married: 16 Oct 1656 – Quebec, Quebec
Died: 25 Oct 1687 – Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
Spouse: Marie Paradis
Born: 1642 – Mortagne, Perche FR
Died: 15 Nov 1708 – Sainte-Famille, I.O., Montmorency, Quebec
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Antoine Baucher or Morency
Born: 1596
Died: December 30, 1648
Spouse: Marguerite Guillebert
Died: Unknown
Born: Unknown
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Didier Baucher
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Spouse: Jacqueline Fons
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Didier Baucher is the earliest ancestor on record for this family line. ‘Morency’ probably refers to his birthplace, which is ‘Montmorency’. It is though Antoine was born in 1596 and died on December 30, 1648 in Montmorency, France. Antoine married Marguerite Guillebert in France about 1630 and she too was born around 1610.
History of the Baucher-Morency Family
Montmorency is an old city with a prestigious name and cradle of one of the most famous families of France. The sixteenth century was the high point for the Baucher-Morency family. Six barons, twelve marshals and four admirals bore this surname and were allied with members of the royal family. The city, which was built on the side of a hill, dominates the distant valleys of the Seine and Oise Rivers. During the Middle Ages this city’s site was an important strategic point.
Bouchard was the original name of Baucher. They were among the first barons of France and settled on the Island Basseth (now known as St-Denis island). There was a large abbey populated by monks nearby. Among the first Christian barons they became trusty servants of the Crown. Mathieu II of Montmorency (Matthew the Large) served admirably in the Battle of Bouvines that occurred on September 27, 1214. As a result of his conquest, he acquired 12 battle streamers that he deposited at the feet of King Philippe-Auguste. King Phillippe-Auguste rewarded him with more land.
During the One Hundred Year War, the city of Montmorency saw dark days. It was plundered and brutalized by the English in 1358. In 1411, Jacques I of Montmorency built ramparts whose ruins still remain. After this the city was fortified and protected.
In the fifteenth century Jean II of Montmorency (1402 – 1477) disinherited his two sons – Jean and Louis. Guillaume de Montmorency, Jean II’s son from his second marriage was named heir. Guillaume of Montmorency had six children and one of his sons was destined to become an important lord. One son, Ane, was a childhood companion of Francois of Angouleme (later King Francois 1) and Ane later became the Duke of Montmorency. His son, Francois, became duke. A later Bouchard, Henri II of Montmorency, was decapitated on October 30, 1632, for conspiring against Louis XIII and Richelieu. The family’s titles and goods were confiscated by the Crown.
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