Marie-Madeleine BELANGER

(b. 15 February 1643 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1671 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

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Marie-Madeleine BELANGER was born 15 February 1643 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine BELANGER was the child of François BELANGER and Marie GUYON (GUION) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois BELANGER and Francoise HORLAYS (maternal) Jean GUYON and Mathurine ROBIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Madeleine married Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) 7 August 1656 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) was born 20 February 1622 in Yffiniac, St-Brieuc, Bretagne, France. Bertrand died 16 January 1683 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Marie-Madeleine BELANGER died 21 January 1671 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .
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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.

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Marie-Madeleine BELANGER married

Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE)-- Date: 7 August 1656 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Marie-Madeleine BELANGER and Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE)
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

"Marie-Madeleine (1643-1670), married Seigneur Bertrand Chesnay de la Garenne in 1656. They had two boys."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VI, Page 27

"On 7 August 1656, a Monday, Bertrand Chenay left the residence of his father-in-law Belanger with his thirteen-year old bride on his arm. Marie-Madeleine Belanger was the daughter of Francois and of Marie Guyon, second child of a family which counted twelve children."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XII, Page 88

Children of Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) and Marie-Madeleine BELANGER:

Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE (b.20 August 1658, Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 September 1730, Maskinongé, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) 16 September 1675 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Anne CHENAY (b.13 November 1660, Québec, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1660, Québec, Canada, New France )

Jean CHENAY (b.11 November 1661, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1689, , Québec Province, Canada )

Marie-Anne CHENAY (CHAINE) (b.7 October 1664, Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 July 1733, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre LEMAITRE dit LOTTINVILLE 8 January 1682 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph CHENAY (CHAINE) (b.19 April 1667, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. abt. 1687, , Québec Province, Canada )

Marguerite CHENAY (b.15 January 1669, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1669, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

Nicolas CHENAY (b.6 January 1670, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 9 January 1670, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

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1643 Birth
15 February 1643
Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism
Marie Mad. Bellanger
15 February 1643
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1643 Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1656 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine BELANGER and Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) 7 August 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 13 years old.

1658 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE was born 20 August 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 15 years old.

1660 Birth of Child
Anne CHENAY was born 13 November 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 17 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Jean CHENAY was born 11 November 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 18 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne CHENAY (CHAINE) was born 7 October 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 21 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Bertrand Chesnay Sr. de la garenne...........40 marchant
Marie Magdelaine Bellanger ..................24 sa femme
Marie Chesnay ................................8 fille
Anne Chesnay ...........................18 mois fille
Jean Chesnay..................................4 fils
Robert Tourneroche...........................20 tailleur d'habits engagé
Et Anne Gaigneur.............................13 servante
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Joseph CHENAY (CHAINE) was born 19 April 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 24 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHENAY was born 15 January 1669, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 25 years old.

'All was going too well! After the death of her last child in 1670, Marie-Madeleine Belanger died at the manor house.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XII, Page 92

1670 Birth of Child
Nicolas CHENAY was born 6 January 1670, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine was 26 years old.