Many of our ancestors are some of the first settlers of Quebec. Among them are Jean Nicolet, Louis Hebert, Noel Morin, Olivier Le Tardif, and Robert Drouin. Some of the woman in our family arrived in the colony of New France under the sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. During a ten-year period from 1663 to 1673 some 730 young women know as the “Filles du Roi” arrived in New France. Of these nearly forty appear in our genealogy.

The Dussault and Pariseau family owe their origin from many of the early founders of the city Québec. On the monument of Louis Hébert in the city of Québec exist a bronze plaque dedicated to these first settlers of the city of Québec. On this plaque list the first colonist ("LES PREMIERS COLONS DE QUEBEC") of the city of Québec, many of whom make up our genealogy of today.

Elie Dusceau dit Lafleur

The Dussault name of today has its origins from three individual pioneers to New France. The first pioneer was Elie Dusceau dit Lafleur of LaRochelle, France. He married Euphorsine Madeline Nicolet in 1663. François Dussault immigrated to New France and married Genevieve Mezray in 1676. A third pioneer was Jean Dussault who married Marie Anne Lacombe in 1761.

The genealogy of our Dussault ancestor has its roots with Elie Dusceau dit Lafleur son of François Dusceau dit LaFluer and Marie Delaunay. He was born in 1635 in the city of La Rochelle formerly of the Providence of Aunis, France. He arrived in Quebec in 1662 as a seaman (matelot). Soon after immigrating to New France he married Euphorsie Madeleine Nicolet (widow of Jean Lablanc), daughter of explorer Jean Nicolet in 1663.