Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE

Born

19 January 1633 , Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France

Died

23 March 1707 , Batiscan, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine married Guillaume THIBAULT 11 January 1655 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Guillaume THIBAULT was born 22 December 1617 in Rouen, France. Guillaume died 21 August 1686 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France . Guillaume was the child of Nicolas THIBAULT and Elisabeth (Ysabeau) ANTHIAUME .

Marie-Madeleine married François FAFARD 8 April 1696 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .
François FAFARD was born 8 January 1630 in Hotot-en-Auge, Lisieux, Calvados, Basse Normandie, France. François died 25 December 1711 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . François was the child of Jean FAFARD and Marie-Antoinette LEVERDIER .

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Marie-Madeleine was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1655. Learn more: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France

Marie was the daughter of Isaac Francois and Esther Pasquier.

Death recorded at Saint-Francois-Xavier, Batiscan, Quebec

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE

Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE married

Guillaume THIBAULT
Marriage date: 11 January 1655
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France

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Guillaume THIBAULT was the child of Nicolas THIBAULT and Elisabeth (Ysabeau) ANTHIAUME

Marriage notes:

Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

"On Monday, 16 November 1654, Guillaume required the services of the notary Audouart to draw up his marriage contract at Fort St-Louis in Quebec. The distinguished guests were Jean de Lauzon, Governor of New France; Father Francois Lemercier, head of the Jesuits; the Normand priest Lean Lesueur, chaplain of the Hotel-Dieu; Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Clement, Sieur DuVault; Denis-Joseph Ruette, Sieur d'Auteuil, son-in-law of Anne Gasnier; Jean Bourdon from Rouen, the administrator of the Communaute des Habitants of New France; Seigneur, the Venerable Guillaume Couillard, bourgeois; Louis Couillard, Seigneur for part of the Ile aux Oies; and Martin Grouvel."

"Who was the future bride? Marie-Madeleine Francois or Lefrancois, who had been in the country for a short time, appeared as a worthy 21 year old orphan. Her late father Squire Isaac Francois had been the Captain of a company of light horse cavalry in France, obviously a nobleman. Her mother was named Esther Paigne. Marie-Madeleine was born in Lorraine, about 1633."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Pages 202-203

Children of Guillaume THIBAULT and Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE

Claire-Françoise THIBAULT

Born: 29 October 1655, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 11 April 1728, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Married: Felix AUBERT 15 April 1670 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Jean RIVIERE 4 September 1691 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Jeanne-Marguerite THIBAULT

Born: 20 January 1657, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 06 February 1718, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Guillaume BOUCHER 21 November 1672 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Guillaume THIBAULT

Born: abt. 1659, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 August 1692, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Marie GUYON 10 November 1681 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

François THIBAULT

Born: abt. 1660, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 24 November 1710, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne DUPRÉ 7 April 1687 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Charles THIBAULT

Born: 15 November 1661, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 12 September 1685, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Louise GUYON 10 April 1684 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Nicolas THIBAULT

Born: 30 May 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 30 September 1727, Terrebonne, Canada, New France

Married: Xainte CLOUTIER 1682

Married: Marie-Françoise BOUCHER 23 July 1686 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Anne BADEAU (BADAULT) 14 April 1704 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Louise PAQUET 4 September 1712 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Anne THIBAULT

Born: 12 June 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 13 April 1749, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Charles CLOUTIER dit DAUMONT 26 February 1685 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Étienne THIBAULT

Born: 6 December 1668, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1681, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE married

François FAFARD
Marriage date: 8 April 1696
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE and François FAFARD
François FAFARD was the child of Jean FAFARD and Marie-Antoinette LEVERDIER

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groom's name: Francois Fafar

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bride's name: Magdeleine Lefrancois

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marriage date: 08 Apr 1696

marriage place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency I, Quebec

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groom's race: White

groom's marital status: Unknown

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bride's race: White

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indexing project (batch) number: M01734-5

system origin: Canada-EASy

source film number: 1018161

reference number: P 173

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 06 Jan 2013), Francois Fafar and Magdeleine Lefrancois, 08 Apr 1696; citing reference P 173, FHL microfilm 1018161.

"After ten years of widowhood, the banked fires of love flared anew in the heart of Madelein Lefrancois. A brilliant citizen from Batiscan, the widower of Marie Richard since 31 May 1695, the father of seven children, a Normand by origin, Francois Fafard, 60 years old, entered the heart of the widow Thibault... In early spring, on 8 April 1696, Madeleine and Francois were married a second time, at Chateau-Richer... The new Lefrancois-Fafard couple moved to Batiscan..."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 210

Children of François FAFARD and Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Marie Madeleine LeFrancoise

From nantibo.philgay.qc.ca/ gmf/ pafn01.htm#6316
Madeleine LeFrançois est une orpheline et son père, Isaac, avait été capitaine d'une compagnie de chevaux-légers, sa mère s'appelait Esther Paigne. Les chevaux-légers étaient un corps de cavalerie chargé de la garde du roi. Après la mort de Guillaume Thibault, son époux, M.-Madeleine Lefrançois a probablement vécu chez l'un de ses enfants jusqu'au jour ou elle fit la connaissance de François Fafard, veuf et père de 7 enfants qui demeurait à Batiscan. Comme sa demi-soeur Françoise Fafard était résidente de la cöte de Beaupré, il est probable que c'est en allant la visiter que François Fafard rencontra Madeleine Le François. Quoi qu'il en soit, ils décidèrent de s'épouser et c'est aussi que l'épouse de Guillaume Thibault, laissant toute sa famille sur la côte de Beaupré, s'en alla vivre à Batiscan avec son nouvel époux. Le mariage fut célébré le 8 avril 1696 à Château-Richer..

Birth — 1633
19 January 1633
Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France

1655 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE and Guillaume THIBAULT 11 January 1655, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 21 years old.

1655 Birth of Child
Claire-Françoise THIBAULT was born 29 October 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 22 years old.

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

1657 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Marguerite THIBAULT was born 20 January 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 24 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Charles THIBAULT was born 15 November 1661, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 28 years old.

1663 Birth of Child
Nicolas THIBAULT was born 30 May 1663, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 30 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Anne THIBAULT was born 12 June 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 32 years old.

1666 Habittans de Beaupré

Guillaume Thibaut - 48 boulanger & tailleur d'habits

Marie Magdelaine le francois 33 sa femme

Claire francoize Thibaut 11 fille

Jeanne Margueritte Thibaut 9 fille

Guillaume Thibaut - 8 fils

francois Thibaut - 5 fils

Charles Thibaut - 4 fils

Nicolas Thibaut - 3 fils

Anne Thibaut - 1 fille

Et Robert Villemourt - 23 chaudronnier domestique Engaigé

Source / record details
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1668 Birth of Child
Étienne THIBAULT was born 6 December 1668, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 35 years old.

1670 Marriage of Child
Claire-Françoise THIBAULT married 15 April 1670, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Felix AUBERT

1672 Marriage of Child
Jeanne-Marguerite THIBAULT married 21 November 1672, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Guillaume BOUCHER

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre

Guillaume Thibaud, tailleur, 63
Madelaine Francois, sa femme, 46
enfants:
Guillaume, 23
Francois, 21
Charles, 20
Nicolas, 18
Anne, 16
Etienne, 13

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

1681 Marriage of Child
Guillaume THIBAULT married 10 November 1681 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Marie GUYON

1684 Marriage of Child
Charles THIBAULT married 10 April 1684, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Louise GUYON

1685 Marriage of Child
Anne THIBAULT married 26 February 1685, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Charles CLOUTIER dit DAUMONT

1685 Death of Child
Charles THIBAULT died 12 September 1685, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 52 years old.

1686 Marriage of Child
Nicolas THIBAULT married 23 July 1686, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Marie-Françoise BOUCHER

1686 Death of Spouse/Partner
Guillaume THIBAULT died 21 August 1686, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1687 Marriage of Child
François THIBAULT married 7 April 1687, Québec, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne DUPRÉ

1691 Marriage of Child
Claire-Françoise THIBAULT married 4 September 1691, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Jean RIVIERE

1692 Death of Child
Guillaume THIBAULT died 3 August 1692, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Marie-Madeleine was 59 years old.

1696 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine FRANCOISE and François FAFARD 8 April 1696 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

She was 63 years old.

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

1704 Marriage of Child
Nicolas THIBAULT married 14 April 1704, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France to Anne BADEAU (BADAULT)

1707 Death

'...it as there (Batiscan) that the ancestress of the Thibault descendants died on Wednesday, 23 March 1707. Her burial was conducted the next day by Father Michel-Philbert Boy, in the presence of Nicolas Rivard and Julien Rivard dit Laglanderie.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIV, Page 210