Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU

Born

abt. 1655 , Saint-Sulpice, Paris, Seine, France

Died

16 October 1718 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Age: 67

Marguerite-Françoise married Mathieu FAYE dit LAFAYETTE (FAILLE) 30 September 1670 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Mathieu FAYE dit LAFAYETTE (FAILLE) was born abt. 1641 in Saint-Jean D'Aubigroux, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France. Mathieu died 29 August 1695 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .

Marguerite-Françoise married Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE 21 November 1696 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE was born abt. 1669 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saintonge, France. Jean died 5 July 1724 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .

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Marguerite-Françoise was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1670.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU

Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU married

Mathieu FAYE dit LAFAYETTE (FAILLE)
Marriage date: 30 September 1670
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

Mathilde Faye and Marguerite Franc. Maureaux

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Mathieu FAYE dit LAFAYETTE (FAILLE) and Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU

Anne FAYE dite LAFAYETTE

Born: 22 September 1672, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marguerite FAYE dite LAFAYETTE

Born: 21 March 1674, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 15 June 1721, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph BÉNARD dit CARIGNAN 25 October 1689 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie FAYE dite LAFAYETTE

Born: 25 March 1676, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 14 June 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) 25 October 1689 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Andre FAYE

Born: 15 July 1678, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 29 August 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean FAYE dit LAFAYETTE

Born: 17 September 1680, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 30 September 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Angélique FAYE dite LAFAYETTE (LAFAILLE)

Born: 5 February 1683, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 2 September 1731, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre ROY 20 April 1705 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne FAYE (FAILLE)

Born: 22 August 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 26 November 1755, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: François-Antoine ROUGIER dit LAFRANCE 3 July 1702 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Anne FAYE

Born: 12 September 1686, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 5 September 1689, La Prairie, Canada, New France

François FAYE

Born: 21 March 1689, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 3 September 1689, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne FAYE

Born: abt. 1691, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 September 1780, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste DOUAIRE DE BONDY 15 September 1750 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Elisabeth FAYE dite LAFAYETTE

Born: 11 July 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 5 July 1776, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre COSME (ST-COME) 22 November 1717 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU married

Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE
Marriage date: 21 November 1696
Marriage place: La Prairie, 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:

Notre-Dame de-LaPrairie de-la-Madeleine, QC, Canada

Children of Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE and Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU

Jean LEFORT dit LA PRAIRIE

Born: 20 July 1697, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 26 June 1760, La Prairie, Canada

Married: Marguerite FAVREAU 28 July 1727 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France

Pierre LEFORT dit LA PRAIRIE

Born: 10 June 1699, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 23 February 1722, , Québec Province, Canada

Paul LEFORT

Born: abt. 1701, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: February 1723, Québec, Canada, New France

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

1663

Moreau, Marguerite-Françoise , m. 1. Faye, Mathieu, dit Lafayette, Sep. 30, 1670, m. 2. Lefort, Jean, dit Laprairie, Nov. 21, 1696

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La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU and Mathieu FAYE dit LAFAYETTE (FAILLE) 30 September 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1672 Birth of Child
Anne FAYE dite LAFAYETTE was born 22 September 1672, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1674 Birth of Child
Marguerite FAYE dite LAFAYETTE was born 21 March 1674, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1676 Birth of Child
Marie FAYE dite LAFAYETTE was born 25 March 1676, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1678 Birth of Child
Andre FAYE was born 15 July 1678, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1680 Birth of Child
Jean FAYE dit LAFAYETTE was born 17 September 1680, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1681 Canadian Census Prairie de la Magdelaine

Mathieu Faye, 40
Marguerite Moreau, sa femme, 26
enfants:
Marguerite, 8
Marie, 6
ANdre, 4
Jean, 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1683 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique FAYE dite LAFAYETTE (LAFAILLE) was born 5 February 1683, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne FAYE (FAILLE) was born 22 August 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1684 Death of Child
Jean FAYE dit LAFAYETTE died 30 September 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1686 Birth of Child
Anne FAYE was born 12 September 1686, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1689 Birth of Child
François FAYE was born 21 March 1689, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1689 Death of Child
Anne FAYE died 5 September 1689, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1689 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FAYE dite LAFAYETTE married 25 October 1689, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Joseph BÉNARD dit CARIGNAN

1689 Marriage of Child
Marie FAYE dite LAFAYETTE married 25 October 1689, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Pierre BORDEAU (BOURDEAU)

1695 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth FAYE dite LAFAYETTE was born 11 July 1695, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1695 Death of Child
Andre FAYE died 29 August 1695, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1695 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathieu FAYE dit LAFAYETTE (FAILLE) died 29 August 1695, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1696 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU and Jean LEFORT dit LAPRAIRIE 21 November 1696, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite-Françoise MOREAU - 1696 Marriage. La Nativitie de la B-V-M, La Prairie, Quebec

1696 Marriage. La Nativitie de la B-V-M, La Prairie, Quebec

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

1697 Birth of Child
Jean LEFORT dit LA PRAIRIE was born 20 July 1697, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

1699 Birth of Child
Pierre LEFORT dit LA PRAIRIE was born 10 June 1699, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1700 Death of Child
Marie FAYE dite LAFAYETTE died 14 June 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1702 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne FAYE (FAILLE) married 3 July 1702, La Prairie, Canada, New France to François-Antoine ROUGIER dit LAFRANCE

1705 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique FAYE dite LAFAYETTE (LAFAILLE) married 20 April 1705, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Pierre ROY

1717 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth FAYE dite LAFAYETTE married 22 November 1717, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Pierre COSME (ST-COME)