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Ancestor is complete! immigrant Fille du Roi flag   Catherine  DUCHARME

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abt. 1657 ,  Paris, France
Died
21 February 1719 ,  Montréal, Canada, New France
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Born: abt. 1657 in Paris, France

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Catherine was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1672.
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Catherine  married  Pierre ROY 12 January 1672 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 18 children.
Pierre ROY  was born 23 October 1643 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.  Pierre died 28 October 1721 in Montréal, Canada, New France . 

Catherine DUCHARME died 21 February 1719 in Montréal, Canada, New France .



daughter of Jean Ducharme and Anne Lelievre

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine DUCHARME

Catherine DUCHARME married immigrant flag male ancestor Pierre ROY
Marriage date: 12 January 1672
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Pierre Le Roy and Catherine Ducharme


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Children of Pierre ROY and Catherine DUCHARME


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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
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Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity


marriage1672 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DUCHARME and Pierre ROY 12 January 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1674 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROY was born 4 July 1674, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1677 Birth of Child
Pierre ROY was born 3 January 1677, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1678 Birth of Child
Catherine ROY was born 11 April 1678, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1679 Birth of Child
Pierre ROY was born 17 June 1679, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1681 Canadian Census Prairie de la Magdelaine
Pierre Roy, 39
Catherine Ducharme, sa femme, 24
enfants:
Marguerite, 7
Pierre, 6
Catherine, 5
Marie, 4
Etienne, 3
Anne, 1 1/ 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1681 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite ROY was born 25 May 1681, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1683 Birth of Child
Jean ROY was born 23 February 1683, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine ROY was born 17 August 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1686 Birth of Child
Gabriel ROY was born 22 September 1686, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1688 Birth of Child
Jacques ROY was born 13 May 1688, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1688 Death of Child
Gabriel ROY died 13 October 1688, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1689 Death of Child
Jean ROY died 2 March 1689 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
marriage1689 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ROY married 14 November 1689, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Andre BABEU
1691 Birth of Child
Étienne ROY was born 8 January 1691, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1691 Birth of Child
François ROY was born 8 January 1691, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1692 Birth of Child
Andre ROY was born 14 December 1692, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1694 Birth of Child
Louis ROY was born 22 August 1694, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1696 Birth of Child
Antoine ROY was born 30 January 1696, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROY was born 20 May 1697, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
Invention 1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)
marriage1699 Marriage of Child
Catherine ROY married 24 May 1699, La Prairie, Canada, New France to François-Antoine ROUGIER dit LAFRANCE
1700 Death of Child
Catherine ROY died 16 April 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
marriage1700 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite ROY married 8 September 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Clément LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dit LAPLANTE
1701 Birth of Child
Angellique ROY was born 15 July 1701, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1701 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine ROY married 25 October 1701 , La Prairie, Canada, New France to Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE
marriage1705 Marriage of Child
Pierre ROY married 20 April 1705, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Marie-Angélique FAYE dite LAFAYETTE (LAFAILLE)
marriage1711 Marriage of Child
Jacques ROY married 24 November 1711, Montréal, Canada, New France to Marthe Marguerite FRENCH
1712 Death of Child
Genevieve ROY died 19 February 1712, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1717 Death of Child
Antoine ROY died 28 June 1717, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
marriage1718 Marriage of Child
Louis ROY married 24 April 1718, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Marguerite-Marie DEMERS (DUMAIS)
marriage1718 Marriage of Child
Andre ROY married 7 November 1718, Montréal, Canada, New France to Suzanne GOURDON dite LACHASSE
Catherine DUCHARME - Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
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21 February 1719
Montréal, Canada, New France
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