The Perche, region of emigration to Quebec in the 17th century
The Perche, region of emigration to Quebec in the 17th century
The Percheron ancestors of Madonna

Besides Julien Fortin dit Bellefontaine, the direct ancestor of Madonna born in Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais, Madonna has many ancestors whose the origin is the Perche. All immigrated in the 17th century. They came from the following villages (note that the ancestor pages are available in French only):

- Champs (Louis Guimond)

- Chemilly (Jules Trottier, Catherine Loiseau)

- Coulimer (Guillaume Fournier)

- Courgeon (Perrine Mallet)

- Feings (Nicolas Gaudry)

- Igé (Pierre Gagné)

- Mortagne-au-Perche (les Boucher, Jean Côte, Zacharie Cloutier, Xainte Dupont, Nicole Lemaire, Pierre Maheust, Charles Turgeon)

- Moussonvilliers (Pierre-Denis Aloignon)

- Parfondeval (Jean Trudel)

- Le Pin-la-Garenne (Robert Drouin)

- Saint-Cosme-en-Vairais (Pierre Gagné, Louis Gagné dit Bellavance, Charles Pouliot)

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

- Tourouvre (les Gagnon, Jean Guyon, les Roussin)

- La Ventrouze (Pierre Gagnon, Robert Gagnon, les Lehoux, Renée Roger, Marguerite Tavernier)

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Map of the Perche

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