Catherine  PERTHUIS

"The woman who would be the wife of Pierre Maguet and the ancestress of the Maille descendants was born to a family very deeply-rooted in Canada. Catherin Perthuis was baptized at the church of Notre-Dame de Montreal, on 23 January 1670. Her father Pierre Perthuis dit Lalime, had been one of the famous Carignan Regiment. Her mother, Claude Damise, born at Saint-Nicolas-du-Chandonnet of Paris, came to New France because she was protected by the king. She married Pierre Perthuis in 1668 and became the mother of 12 children, including Catherine, the eldest, who had inherited her first-name at her baptism from her godmother Catherine Marchand, wife of Laurent Archambault."

"This young woman, who was going to be 16 years old in a few days, gave her heart to Pierre Maguet. On 2 January 1686, the notary Basset went to the house of the merchant Pierre Perthuis at Pointe-aux-Trembles. About fifteen relatives and friends were gathered there... Catherine Perthuis, together with Pierre, signed the official document."

"The religious ceremony took place on the following 7 January at Pointe-aux-Trembles, where the Sulpicien Francois Seguenot gave the nuptial blessing."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Pages 163-164