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Born
6 January 1640 ,  La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Died
31 March 1694 ,  Boucherville, Canada, New France
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Jean FORESTIER (FORTIER)Julienne COEFFES
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Born: 6 January 1640 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France


Catherine was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1657. 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  married  Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE 19 November 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE  was born abt. 1624 in Mervent, Poitou, France.  Jacques died 14 January 1707 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville).  Jacques was the child of Jean MENARD and Anne SAVINELLE.

Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER) died 31 March 1694 in Boucherville, Canada, New France .
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Did You Know? 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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Spouse & Children of Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER)

Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER) married Ancestor is complete!immigrant flag male ancestor Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE
Marriage date: 19 November 1657
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
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Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean MENARD and Anne SAVINELLE

Marriage notes:
marriage found at Immaculee Conception, Trois Rivieres in Drouin Collection
Jacques Menard and Catherine Fortier
He is the son of Joannis Menard and Auare Lavinelle
She is the daughter of Joannis Fortier and Juliannae Coifus


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Children of Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER)



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BirthBirth — 1640
6 January 1640
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)


marriage1657 Marriage / Partner
Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER) and Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE 19 November 1657, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 17 years old.
1658 Birth of Child
Marguerite MENARD was born 4 September 1658, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 18 years old.
1659 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MENARD dite LAFONTAINE was born 7 September 1659, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 19 years old.
1660 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MENARD was born 27 November 1660, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 20 years old.
1662 Birth of Child
Louis MENARD was born 28 July 1662, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 22 years old.
1664 Birth of Child
Maurice MENARD dit LAFONTAINE was born 6 June 1664, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 24 years old.
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1666 Birth of Child
Jean MENARD dit BELLEROSE was born 16 March 1666, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 26 years old.
1668 Birth of Child
Marguerite MENARD was born 22 January 1668, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 28 years old.
1669 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Françoise MENARD was born 24 May 1669, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine was 29 years old.
1671 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MÉNARD was born 1 April 1671 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 31 years old.
marriage1672 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise MENARD dite LAFONTAINE married 8 February 1672, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Jacques BOURDON
1673 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine MENARD was born 27 September 1673, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 33 years old.
1675 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MENARD was born 17 January 1675, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 35 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
Thérèse MENARD was born 2 October 1676, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 36 years old.
1678 Birth of Child
Jacques MENARD was born 17 August 1678, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 38 years old.
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie du Boucherville
Jacques Menard (dit Lafontaine), charron, 52
Catherine Forestier, sa femme, 46
enfants:
Jean, 22
Louis, 19
Maurice, 18
Jean, 16
Marguerite, 14
Jeanne, 12
Anne, 9
Catherine, 6
Therese, 5
Jacques, 3

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
marriage1681 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MENARD married 14 October 1681, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marguerite-Louise ETIENNE
marriage1681 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MENARD married 14 October 1681, Boucherville, Canada, New France to François LANCTÔT
1685 Death of Child
Jacques MENARD died 6 July 1685, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 45 years old.
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Jeanne-Françoise MENARD married 25 November 1686, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Étienne DEMERS (DUMAIS)
marriage1688 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne MÉNARD married 15 November 1688, Boucherville, Canada, New France to François BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR
marriage1690 Marriage of Child
Jean MENARD dit BELLEROSE married 13 March 1690, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie-Elisabeth VALIQUET dite LAVERDURE (VALIQUETTE)
marriage1691 Marriage of Child
Louis MENARD married 12 December 1691 , Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne FEVRIER
1694 Death
Death found at Saint-Famille-de-Boucherville, Boucherville, QC, Canada in Drouin Collection.

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