Pierre Dit Legrande Chauvin 
Pierre Dit Legrande was born in 1631 in Solesme, Sarthe, France.1 Pierre Dit Legrande's father was Rene Chauvin and his mother was Catherine Avard. He was an only child. He died at the age of 68 on August 4th, 1699 in Montreal, Quebec. He was buried in Montreal, Ile-DE-Montreal, PQ, Canada.1 General Notes
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Came to Canada from Solesme, in the district of La Fleche, with one hundred men recruited by Maisonneuve as carpenters and land clearers in 1653. At the end of his five year contract he decided to stay in Canada and start a family. In addition to working as a carpenter for Mathieu Ranuyer at Montreal, the for Pierre Boucher at Varennes, Chauvin also farmed on the Ile-aux-Foins. Near the end of his life, he accepted a land grant from the Sulpiciens and returned to montreal, dying there at the beginning of August 1699.
‌Pierre Dit Legrande and Marthe were married in a religious ceremony on September 16th, 1658 in Montreal, Ile DE Montreal, Quebec.1 They had a daughter named Marie Marthe.
Family Notes
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Children
Marie Marthe Chauvin
Marie Marthe was born on January 17th, 1662 in Montreal, Ile-DE-Montreal, PQ, Canada.1 She died at the age of 66 on February 11th, 1728 in Maskinongé, Cté Maskinongé. She was buried on February 12th, 1728 in St-Joseph, Maskinonge, Maskinonge, PQ, Canada.1
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