Marguerite PILOTE

Born

4 June 1653 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

22 November 1745 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Leonard PILOTE Denise GAUTHIER

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Born: 4 June 1653 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Father: Leonard PILOTE

Mother: Denise GAUTHIER

Marguerite was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1663.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Marguerite married Jean DROUARD 20 January 1671 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean DROUARD was born 6 February 1639 in St-Georges-du-Bois, France. Jean died 6 April 1716 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Marguerite PILOTE died 22 November 1745 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Marguerite PILOTE married

Jean DROUARD
Marriage date: 20 January 1671
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Children of Jean DROUARD and Marguerite PILOTE

Robert DROUARD

Born: 7 April 1672, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 26 February 1717, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine PAGÉ 9 May 1707 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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'Marguerite was born on 4 June 1653 and baptized two days later at La Rochelle. She married Jean Drouard, son of Etienne and of Jeanne Paille, on 20 January 1671 at Quebec.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 190

Birth — 1653
4 June 1653
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PILOTE and Jean DROUARD 20 January 1671, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

She was 17 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Robert DROUARD was born 7 April 1672, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Marguerite was 18 years old.

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

1707 Marriage of Child
Robert DROUARD married 9 May 1707, Québec, Canada, New France to Madeleine PAGÉ