Marie DAMOIS

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abt. 1649 , France

Died

20 December 1708 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1649 in France

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Marie was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1669.
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Marie married Léonard FAUCHER dit ST-MAURICE 15 October 1669 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Léonard FAUCHER dit ST-MAURICE was born 14 May 1642 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. Léonard died 15 April 1726 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales).

Marie DAMOIS died 20 December 1708 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France .

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Recorded occupation: Fille du Roi

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie DAMOIS married

Léonard FAUCHER dit ST-MAURICE
Marriage date: 15 October 1669
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marriage notes:

NOTRE-DAME-DE-QUEBEC

LEONARD, SON OF BARHELEMY FAUCHER AND SYBILLE BRIANS

MARIE, DAUGHTER OF PIERRE DAMOYS AND MARE LE FEBVRE

"MARIE ARRIVED IN NEW FRANCE IN 1669... SETTLED FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AT DOMBOURG, LEONARD MUST HAVE FOUND HIMSELF AMONG 'THE MOST PRUDENT' DESCRIBED BY MARIE DE L'INCARNATION BY CHOOSING MARIE DAMOYS. SHE HAD BARELY DEBARKED WHEN SHE WAS INVITED TO GO TO THE HOME OF THE NOTARY PIERRE DUQUET IN ORDER TO CONCLUDE A MARRIAGE CONTRACT. THIS WAS SIGNED ON 5 OCTOBER.

LEONARD FAUCHER, HABITANT OF THE SEIGNEURIE OF DOMBOURG, SON OF THE LATE BARTHELEMY FAUCHER AND SYBILLE BRIANT OF THE PARISH OF SAINT-MAURICE, DIOCESE OF LIMOGES, PROMISED TO MARRY MARIE D'AMOIS (SIC), DAUGHTER OF PIERRE AND OF MARIE LEFEBVRE, OF THE PARISH OF ELBEUF, DIOCESE OF ROUEN IN NORMANDY."

THOMAS J. LAFOREST

OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XIII, PAGES 117-118

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Children of Léonard FAUCHER dit ST-MAURICE and Marie DAMOIS

Nicolas FAUCHER dit CHATEAUVERT

Born: 30 September 1670, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 26 April 1739, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS 25 November 1698 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Madeleine FAUCHER

Born: 17 June 1672, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Guillaume PINEL 8 January 1692 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Catherine FAUCHER

Born: 4 September 1674, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 9 September 1738, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine DELISLE 9 November 1694 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Elisabeth FAUCHER

Born: 15 November 1676, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 April 1731, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Married: Étienne LANGLOIS 10 February 1698 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Geneviève-Françoise FAUCHER

Born: 18 December 1679, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 27 February 1760, Montréal, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ANGERS 30 August 1700 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER

Born: 21 June 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 29 March 1683, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER

Born: 24 November 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Catherine MEZERAY 1 February 1710 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Married: Marie-Françoise JOUINEAU 9 August 1724 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Anne FAUCHER

Born: 4 October 1686, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 10 April 1760, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste DELISLE 26 January 1705 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Thérèse FAUCHER

Born: 24 December 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 10 May 1749, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Married: François DELISLE 5 November 1708 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Married: François PROULX 20 February 1713 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Barbe FAUCHER

Born: 19 May 1691, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 27 August 1760, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada

Married: Raymond GUAY 1 September 1725 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Leonard FAUCHER

Born: 4 April 1693, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1762, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada

Married: Marie-Angélique DESERRE 14 November 1714 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Fille du Roi
Damois, Marie, m. Faucher, Léonard, dit Saint-Maurice, Oct. 15, 1669

La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1669 Marriage / Partner
Marie DAMOIS and Léonard FAUCHER dit ST-MAURICE 15 October 1669, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1670 Birth of Child
Nicolas FAUCHER dit CHATEAUVERT was born 30 September 1670, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1672 Birth of Child
Madeleine FAUCHER was born 17 June 1672, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1674 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine FAUCHER was born 4 September 1674, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1676 Birth of Child
Elisabeth FAUCHER was born 15 November 1676, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1679 Birth of Child
Geneviève-Françoise FAUCHER was born 18 December 1679, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Dombour Neuville
Leonard Faucher (dit St.-Maurice), 35
Marie Damois, sa femme, 32
enfants:
Nicolas, 10
Madeleine, 8
Marie, 7
Elisabeth, 4
Genevieve, 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1682 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER was born 21 June 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1684 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER was born 24 November 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1686 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne FAUCHER was born 4 October 1686, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1688 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse FAUCHER was born 24 December 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1691 Birth of Child
Barbe FAUCHER was born 19 May 1691, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1692 Marriage of Child
Madeleine FAUCHER married 8 January 1692, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Guillaume PINEL

1693 Birth of Child
Leonard FAUCHER was born 4 April 1693, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1694 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine FAUCHER married 9 November 1694, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Antoine DELISLE

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth FAUCHER married 10 February 1698, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Étienne LANGLOIS

1698 Marriage of Child
Nicolas FAUCHER dit CHATEAUVERT married 25 November 1698, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

1700 Marriage of Child
Geneviève-Françoise FAUCHER married 30 August 1700, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit ANGERS

1705 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FAUCHER married 26 January 1705, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Jean-Baptiste DELISLE

'Marie was the first to undertake the ultimate departure. On 20 December 1708, she was buried in the cemetery of the church of Saint-Francois-de-Sales at Neuville, at the age of 58.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIII, Page 121