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Catherine-Marie  married  Pierre VILAIN 13 October 1654 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 
Pierre VILAIN  was born abt. 1625 in Luçon, France .  Pierre died 19 January 1655 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 
Catherine-Marie  married  Jean SIMON 29 June 1655 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean SIMON  was born abt. 1630 in Saint-Sornin, Marche, France.  Jean died 24 November 1656 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  Jean was the child of Jean SIMON and Léonarde-Eleanora DUPIN .
Catherine-Marie  married  Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON 9 April 1657 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON  was born 6 December 1628 in Neuville-aux-Bois, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France.  Nicolas died 6 March 1674 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 
Catherine-Marie  married  Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE 23 November 1676 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE  was born 4 April 1631 in Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, France.  Pierre died 19 November 1708 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 

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Catherine-Marie was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1654. Learn more: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France


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Catherine-Marie  married  Pierre VILAIN 13 October 1654 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  Pierre VILAIN  was born abt. 1625 in Luçon, France .  Pierre died 19 January 1655 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 

Catherine-Marie  married  (2) Jean SIMON 29 June 1655 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean SIMON  was born abt. 1630 in Saint-Sornin, Marche, France.  Jean died 24 November 1656 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  Jean was the child of Jean SIMON and Léonarde-Eleanora DUPIN.

Catherine-Marie  married  (3) Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON 9 April 1657 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON  was born 6 December 1628 in Neuville-aux-Bois, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France.  Nicolas died 6 March 1674 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 

Catherine-Marie  married  (4) Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE 23 November 1676 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE  was born 4 April 1631 in Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, France.  Pierre died 19 November 1708 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine-Marie LORION

Catherine-Marie LORION married immigrant flag male ancestor Pierre VILAIN
Marriage date: 13 October 1654
Marriage place: Montréal, 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:
Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Pierre Vilain and Catherine Lorion

Children of Pierre VILAIN and Catherine-Marie LORION

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Catherine-Marie LORION married immigrant flag male ancestor Jean SIMON
Marriage date: 29 June 1655
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783


Jean SIMON was the child of Jean SIMON and Léonarde-Eleanora DUPIN

Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Jean Simon and Catherine Lorion

Children of Jean SIMON and Catherine-Marie LORION


Catherine-Marie LORION married immigrant flag male ancestor Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON
Marriage date: 9 April 1657
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Nicolas Millet and Catherine Lorion

Children of Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON and Catherine-Marie LORION


Catherine-Marie LORION married immigrant flag male ancestor Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE
Marriage date: 23 November 1676
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
View ImageSee marriage record for Catherine-Marie LORION and Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE
Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Pierre Desautels and Catherine Lorion

Children of Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Catherine-Marie LORION


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Catherine was 17 years old when she arrived in 1653 and she
married almost as soon as she got off the ship to Jean Villain.
Jean was killed by a falling tree within a few months. The next
year she married Nicolas Simon and they had one son they named
Nicolas Leonard Simon. Simon died two months after the birth of
his son. Catherine married Nicolas Millet dit Beauceron. A
larg e family resulted: Nicolas, Marie Charlotte, Jacques,
François, and Jean Mille t dit Beauceron and of course their
half brother Leonard Simon. When their hom e burned down on
March 9. 1674 Nicolas, the father died in the fire. In 1676
Marie Remy Desautels died leaving Joseph and Gabriel. Pierre
and Catherine app eared before the historian priest, Father
DeGasson to be married. Two more chi ldren, Pierre and Gilbert
were to complete the family. Pierre had 39 grandchildren and
Catherine had more than a dozen of her own. 65 great
grandchildren p lus Catherine account for over 17 distinct male
lines


marriage1654 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Marie LORION and Pierre VILAIN 13 October 1654, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1655 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Marie LORION and Jean SIMON 29 June 1655, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1655 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre VILAIN died 19 January 1655, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1656 Birth of Child
Leonard SIMON was born 3 September 1656 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1656 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean SIMON died 24 November 1656, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1657 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Marie LORION and Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON 9 April 1657, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1658 Birth of Child
Catherine MILLET dite BEAUSSERON was born 14 June 1658, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1660 Birth of Child
Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON was born 14 August 1660, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1662 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte MILLET dite BEAUSSERON was born 25 November 1662, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1665 Birth of Child
Pierre MILLET dit BEAUSSERON was born 12 January 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1666 Death of Child
Pierre MILLET dit BEAUSSERON died 1 December 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1667 Birth of Child
Jacques MILLET dit BEAUSSERON was born 30 March 1667, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1670 Birth of Child
Hugues MILLET was born 20 February 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1671 Marriage of Child
Catherine MILLET dite BEAUSSERON married 7 January 1671, Montréal, Canada, New France to Jean RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dit BLANCHARD
1671 Birth of Child
François MILLET dit BEAUSSERON was born 7 April 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1674 Birth of Child
Jean MILLET dit BEAUSSERON was born 6 January 1674, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1674 Death of Spouse/Partner
Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON died 6 March 1674, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1676 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Marie LORION and Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE 23 November 1676, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1677 Birth of Child
Pierre DESAUTELS was born 13 September 1677, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1678 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte MILLET dite BEAUSSERON married 20 June 1678, Montréal, Canada, New France to Jean LACOMBE
1679 Birth of Child
Gilbert DESAUTELS was born 17 December 1679, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1681 Canadian Census Ville de Montreal
Pierre des (Desautels?), 50
Catherine Loriot (Lorion), sa femme, 45
enfants:
Gabriel, 11
Pierre, 4
Gilleberte, 2
Jean, domestique, 7

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1681
August 28, 1681 - Deposition of Catherine Lorion, wife of Pierre Desautels, witness summoned on the said complaint.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 135
marriage1681 Marriage of Child
Leonard SIMON married 29 October 1681 , Montréal, Canada, New France to Mathurine BEAUJAN
marriage1684 Marriage of Child
Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON married 31 January 1684 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* to Catherine CHAPERON
marriage1688 Marriage of Child
Jacques MILLET dit BEAUSSERON married 23 February 1688, Montréal, Canada, New France to Élisabeth HUBERT
marriage1695 Marriage of Child
Nicolas MILLET dit BEAUSSERON married 2 MAY 1695, Varennes, Canada, New France to Catherine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE
marriage1699 Marriage of Child
Pierre DESAUTELS married 12 January 1699, Montréal, Canada, New France to Angélique THUILLIER
marriage1702 Marriage of Child
Jean MILLET dit BEAUSSERON married 07 January 1702 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France to Marie-Françoise-Catherine LAMOUREUX
marriage1708 Marriage of Child
Gilbert DESAUTELS married 30 January 1708, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* to Charlotte ETIENNE
1708 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE died 19 November 1708, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1713 Death of Child
François MILLET dit BEAUSSERON died 5 January 1713, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
1714 Death of Child
Jean MILLET dit BEAUSSERON died 17 June 1714 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*
1720 Death
Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

20 April 1720

Cather. Laurion Desautel
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Notre-Dame Ancient Cemetery (1672-1830) Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
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