Interesting Family Members

Jehan Vaulchié Du Pasquier (1390-1458), our first Vaucher !
Jaques Vaucher (1463-1521)
Father of two daughters who married brothers, Jean and Pierre Clerc. As often happened in those days, their husbands moved onto the family farm and the descendants took on family name: Vaucher.
Pierre Mouchon (1733-1797), author of the 2 volume index for Diderot's Encyclopedia
Descendants of Jean-Pierre Etienne VAUCHER (1763-1841), Minister, eminent botanist and professor in Geneva
- Rodolphe Töpffer (1799-1846), Friend of the family and the inventor of Graphic Novels
James Vaucher (1830-1889), fought in US Civil War, then Editor for Journal de Genève
- Rodolphe Piguet, Artist and good friend of James
The Doret: my father's adoptive family

Charles Vallée (1584-1658), Vallée the elder, whose sons emigrated to New France !
- Pierre Vallée (1636-1685), the first Vallée in Canada.
L.O. Vallée: photographer, iconoclast, inventor and owner of the first movie house in Rimouski
Pierre Didace Gauvreau (1797-1865): First mayor of Rimouski
Jean-Marie Gauvreau (1903-1970): Founder of l'Ecole du Meuble, Montreal's first Faculty of Fine Arts and Design ( Bio )
Marcelle Gauvreau (1907-1968): botanist, collaborator and confidante of frère Marie-Victorin, founder of Montreal's Botanical Garden ( Bio )
Claude Jutras (1930-1986): Film maker extraordinaire ( Wikipedia ) and our cousin !

John Burk (...-1820): founder of Bowmanville, Ont in 1794, one year after the construction of Fort York (Toronto)
Dan F. Burk (1816-1881): VP and director of various railroad companies radiating from Port Arthur (Lakehead)
=> Burk Family tree
Gerrie Burk (1889-1974): Indian Agent. His escape with H. Tustin from a German prison camp during WW1 is described in a 2014 book
Carrie Gerrie-Smith (1854-1954): Founder of St. Hilda's College, first School for Girls in Calgary (1904)

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