THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE NORMAND FAMILY

 



Jean Le Normand and Anne Le Laboureur


The first, oldest and most numerous branch is that
founded by Jean Le Normand and Anne Le Laboureur, who were married in
Quebec in 1656. The couple settled on a concession on the Canardière in
the Limoilou area of Québec (City). They became the parents of twelve
children, of whom three boys and four girls assured the survival of
their line. Their descendants are spread throughout Quebec, in the East
as well as the West; in the other Canadian provinces, and in certain
American states, particularly Lousiana and in New-England states.

                                                           

Pierre Normand dit Jolicoeur

            
Pierre Normand dit Jolicoeur, born about 1698 in St Palais sur Gironde near Bordeaux,
married Marguerite Lahaye (Lahais) in Montreal in 1719. In later years, he married for a second time, to Marie-Josèphte Gay (or Quay) at Oka in the mission village in 1724. Pierre and Marguerite settled with their eleven children – nine girls (two from his first marriage) and two boys – at the Mission of the Lake of Two Mountains and became integrated into the Iroquois community. The history of this branch is yet to be written, but it's known that some of its members can be found in Eastern Ontario, in the area between Rockland and Chute-à-Blondeau.

                                            
                                                            

Pierre-Jacques Poupeville dit Normand


Pierre-Jacques Poupeville dit Normand, who was from Cherbourg in Normandy, married Catherine Cauchon in Château-Richer in 1743. In 1766, he married Geneviève Lefebvre in the Beauce, where today can be found many of the descendants of both these marriages. One of the sons, Jacques, married Charlotte Dupuis and moved with his family to the lower town of Quebec.

Their two sons, Jacques and Édouard, were married there, where they were known as bridge and wharf builders. In this period – the middle of the 19th century – variations in their patronymic occurred and the family decided to formalize the name as Normand dit Poupeville.  From Saint-Roch, the family of Édouard and Marie-Louise Martin moved to Trois-Rivières, where most of the members of this branch of the family are concentrated today.