Francois Merand

     Francois was born on Thursday, 27 February 1777 in Deschambault, Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada. He was christened there on 28 February 1777 in the church of St-Joseph.¹ He was the son of Francois Merand and Marie-Marguerite Germain dit Belisle. Francois married Marie Baudri on 15 February 1803 in Deschambault at the church of St-Joseph.² Francois & Marie had children: Marie-Angelique [9/02/1803][m. 3/01/1824 Nicolas Perrault], Marie-Emilie [8/27/1804-9/06/1805], Francois [9/14/1806-5/24/1807], Zephiron [10/26/1807][m. 4/04/1837 Apolline Lamoureux], Joseph [5/27/1809][m. 11/20/1837 Rose Delima Hout dit St Laurent], Pierre [12/24/1810][m. 10/08/1839 Calixte Asselin], Francois-Olivier [6/05/1812][m. 9/11/1838 Delima Rose Morand dit Grimard], Ambroise [2/27/1814-3/02/1814], Idadore [10/04/1815-4/11/1820], Marie-Julie [10/04/1815-12/23/1844]. Antoine [4/20/1817][m. 11/26/1849 Virginie Rosline Fitzback dit Dodienne], Didace [5/05/1820-4/09/1848], Leandre [8/24/1822], Marie Cecile [11/21/1823-5/03/1843], Jerome [11/21/1823-4/04/1824], Marie Desanges [9/23/1826-8/27/1841] & Aurelie [9/23/1829-12/23/1829].³