The Perche, region of emigration to Quebec in the 17th century
The Perche, region of emigration to Quebec in the 17th century 		English version version française
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On the road of the Perche

His Percheron ancestors
(in French)
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On the road of the Perche
Jack Kerouac, by Tom Palumbo circa 1956

On the road to the Percheron ancestors of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac has several ancestors whose the origin is the Perche. All immigrated in the 17th century. They came from the following villages (note that some ancestor pages are available in French only):

- Champs (Louis Guimond)

- Coulimer (Guillaume Fournier)

- Courgeon (Perrine Mallet)

- Igé (Simon Lereau)

- Mortagne-au-Perche (Marin Boucher, Gaspard Boucher, Jean Côte, Zacharie Cloutier, Xainte Dupont, Nicole Lemaire)

- Moussonvilliers (Pierre-Denis Aloignon)

- Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais (Julien Fortin)

- Saint-Germain-de-Loisé (Robert Boulay)

- Tourouvre (the Gagnons, Jean Guyon, Michelle Mabille, the Pelletiers, the Roussins, Marie Tavernier dite soeur Sainte-Monique)

- La Ventrouze (Robert Gagnon, Renée Roger)


Map of the Perche

Note that precise places in France can be located on the site www.ViaMichelin.com.

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