Marguerite ABRAHAM

Born

5 January 1637 , St-Eustache, Paris, France

Died

abt. 1695 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Born: 5 January 1637 in St-Eustache, Paris, France

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Marguerite was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1665.
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Marguerite married Joseph-Osanny NADEAU dit LAVIGNE 6 November 1665 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Joseph-Osanny NADEAU dit LAVIGNE was born 11 January 1637 in Confolens, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Joseph-Osanny died 10 February 1677 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada.

Marguerite married (2) Guillaume CHARTIER 31 January 1678 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . Guillaume CHARTIER was born abt. 1636 in Ste-Marie-de-Lahaie-Fouassiere, Bretagne, France. Guillaume died abt. 1695 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada.

Marguerite ABRAHAM died abt. 1695 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France.

daughter of Godegrand Abraham and Denise Fleury

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Marguerite ABRAHAM married

Joseph-Osanny NADEAU dit LAVIGNE
Marriage date: 6 November 1665
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:

Drouin Collection records for Sainte-Famille begin in 1666.

According to PRDH, a marriage contract was signed in 1665 in an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada between Joseph Ozanie Nadeau and Marguerite Abraham. PRDH also indicates records of baptisms of their children, the first one in 1667 in Sainte-Famille.

"On Friday, 6 November 1665, Joseph-Ozanie Nadeau dit Lavigne, was at Quebec, in the house of the notary Duquet. Several witnesses had been summoned to mark the occasion. In civil law, the marriage contract always took on great importance. Even important people did not hesitate to travel to support their more common friends... Who was the future wife of Joseph-Ozanie? She was none other than Marguerite Abraham, a daughter of the king, born at Saint-Eustache de Paris, about 20 years old, daughter or Guillaume Abraham and of Denise Fleury... The day of the nuptial blessing was not recorded in the registry. We can assume that it was given by Father Thomas Morel, perhaps in the parish of Sainte-Famille. The sur name of Abraham implies that Marguerite was of Jewish origin."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Page 159

Children of Joseph-Osanny NADEAU dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite ABRAHAM

Marie NADEAU

Born: 30 April 1667, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 28 January 1678, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste NADEAU

Born: 16 April 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 1 March 1735 , Beaumont, Canada, New France

Married: Anne CASSE (LACASSE) 1689 Place: Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Adrien NADEAU

Born: 28 February 1672 , Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 14 March 1672, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Denis NADEAU

Born: 25 May 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Married: Charlotte CASSE (LACASSE) 9 November 1695 Place: Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Married: Elisabeth-Marie ROY 25 May 1724 Place: Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Catherine NADEAU

Born: 5 June 1676, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 22 July 1746, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Married: Jean ROY (LEROY) 29 April 1694 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite ABRAHAM married

Guillaume CHARTIER
Marriage date: 31 January 1678
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Marriage notes:

"On 26 January 1678, at the residence of the widow, the notary Pierre Duquet had come on snowshoes to settle the terms of the marriage contract. The Breton Guillaume Chartier, in New France since 1674, so of Olivier and of Marie Cornet, about 29 years old, originally from Sainte-Marie de La Haie-Fouassiere, canton of Vertou, arrondissement of Nantes in Brittany, committed himself to marry Marguerite Abraham... At the church of Sainte-Famille on the island on the following Monday, 21 January, the pastor Lamy blessed this union in the presence of the witnesses Noel Forestier, Michel Enaud, Jean Jouanne and Isaac Pasquier dit Lavallee... This marriage had no descendants and seemed to be strained."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Page 164

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Birth — 1637
5 January 1637
St-Eustache, Paris, France

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

Filles du Roi
Abraham, Marguerite, m. 1: Nadeau, Ozanie-Joseph, dit Lavigne, contract Nov. 6, 1665, m. 2: Chartier, Guillaume, Jan. 31, 1678

'Born in 1645 in St-Eusatche, Paris, Ile de France, France. Marguerite is among those listed as coming from Ile de France [typically Paris], in 1665, with a dowry of 100 livres.'

Source: www.geocities.com/ m_ruel/ fillesduroi.html

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

1665 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite ABRAHAM and Joseph-Osanny NADEAU dit LAVIGNE 6 November 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 28 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Isle d'Orleans
Ozani Joseph Nadoue (Nadeau) - 29 habittant

Margueritte Abraham - 21 sa femme
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Marie NADEAU was born 30 April 1667, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 30 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste NADEAU was born 16 April 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 32 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Adrien NADEAU was born 28 February 1672 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Denis NADEAU was born 25 May 1673, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 36 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Catherine NADEAU was born 5 June 1676, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 39 years old.

1677 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Osanny NADEAU dit LAVIGNE died 10 February 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1678 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite ABRAHAM and Guillaume CHARTIER 31 January 1678, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 41 years old.

1678 Death of Child
Marie NADEAU died 28 January 1678, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 41 years old.

Marguerite ABRAHAM - Marriage contract - Joseph Ossany Nadeau dit Lavigne and Marguerite Abraham. Source: Memoires de la Société Généalogique Canadienne-Francaise, Volume

Marriage contract - Joseph Ossany Nadeau dit Lavigne and Marguerite Abraham. Source: Memoires de la Société Généalogique Canadienne-Francaise, Volume XV No 2, Avr-Mai-Juin 1964, page 168-169.

Death unknown
'Ancestress Abraham was still living at the time of the marriage of her son Denis at Beaumont, on 9 November 1695. Then, history holds its secrets. Nothing more!'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Page 164

1694 Marriage of Child
Catherine NADEAU married 29 April 1694, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Jean ROY (LEROY)

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