St-Aubin Church, named in honor of the 7th century bishop of Angers, was built in the late 15th century, using as a foundation the remains of an earlier church destroyed during the Hundred Years War. In addition to its historic value as a church, St-Aubin is also important monument for the french-canadian families whose ancestors lived in the area.
There are stained glass windows and plaques in the church honoring the ancestors who were baptized here as well as individual Tourouvre families who were part of the emigration to Canada.
Main altar with Nativity scene paintings
Madonna and Child Icon to the left of the altar
St-Aubin statue over the altar
Belfry doorway - 1616
The Baptistry
Church doorway
Left window detail - departure
Windows honoring Canadian emigrants
Right window detail - return
Baptism plaque
The baptism plaque above honors Tourouvian emigrants who were baptized at St-Aubin Church. The names of Michelle (Michèle) Mabille (May 20, 1592), Guillaume Pelletier's wife, and their son Jean Pelletier (June 12, 1627), have been bracketed by the author.
Here is the list of those whose names appear on the plaque, with spelling as it appears, except for the letter "u", which appears as a "v":
Left column:
Louise Lousche
Henri Pinguet
Jean Juchereau
Michele Mabille (Guillaume Pelletier's wife)
Jean Guyon
Noel Juchereau
Jean Roussin
Marguerite Gagnon
Sebastien Legrand
Mathurin Gagnon
Charles Guillebourg
Jean Gagnon
Robert Giguere
Nicolas Rivard
Jacques Loyseau
Julien Mercier
Mathurin Gohier
Magdelaine Roussin
Right cloumn:
Francoise Pinguet
Jean Maenfant
Jean Creste
Jean Pelletier (Guillaume Pelletier's son)
Noel Pinguet
Pierre Pinguet
Francoise Roussin
Aubin Lambert
Nicolas Roussin
Michel Aubin
Francois Provost
Robert Rivard
Antoine Lefort
Pierre Cochereau
Louise Roussin
Francois Drouet
Jacques Gagnon
At the bottom right of the plaque is writen: "Je me souviens" - "I remember"
The upper coat-of-arms on the left is that of Tourouvre, and the lower is a combination of the Perche coat-of-arms (three red chevrons) and Canada's maple leaf.
