Marie-Marguerite PROVOST

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abt. 1655 , France

Died

20 February 1732 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1655 in France

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Marie-Marguerite was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1671.
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Marie-Marguerite married Jacques VENNE abt. 1671 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Jacques VENNE was born 29 November 1645 in St-Antoine, Agouleme, France. Jacques died 29 November 1700 in Varennes, Canada, New France . Jacques was the child of Jean VENNE (VOYENE) and Marie-Françoise MANSEAU.

Marie-Marguerite married (2) Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE 20 November 1701 in Varennes, Canada, New France . Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE was born abt. 1645 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Saintonge, France. Étienne died 4 August 1724 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

Marie-Marguerite PROVOST died 20 February 1732 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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Spouse & Children of Marie-Marguerite PROVOST

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Marie-Marguerite PROVOST married

Jacques VENNE
Marriage date: abt. 1671
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jacques VENNE was the child of Jean VENNE (VOYENE) and Marie-Françoise MANSEAU

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Jacques Venne and Marie Marguerite Prevost

Children of Jacques VENNE and Marie-Marguerite PROVOST

Jean VENNE (VOYNE)

Born: 11 March 1672, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 22 February 1705, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Catherine BOUSQUET 24 November 1698 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE)

Born: 17 February 1674 , Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 27 June 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND) 22 November 1694 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE)

Born: 25 March 1676 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 5 January 1698, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph JOUET 22 November 1694 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France

Barbe VENNE

Born: 3 October 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 23 December 1694, Varennes, Canada, New France

Françoise VENNE (VOYNE)

Born: 19 October 1681 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 5 August 1734, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean SABOURIN dit CHAUNIERE 2 November 1701 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Jacques VENNE (VOINE)

Born: September 1685, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 10 March 1687, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Louis VENNE (VOYNE)

Born: 25 August 1692, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 8 October 1762, Sorel, Canada

Married: Jeanne CABASSIER (CABAZIER) 12 December 1718 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Louise DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE 5 November 1736 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Barbe VENNE

Born: 17 June 1695 , Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 9 September 1737, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Etienne MÉTIVIER (METENIER) 20 November 1712 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite PROVOST married

Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE
Marriage date: 20 November 1701
Marriage place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Children of Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Marguerite PROVOST

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

1663

Provost, Marguerite, m. 1. Venne, Jacques, 1670 or 1671, m. 2. Forestier, Étienne, dit Lafortune, Nov. 20, 1701

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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

Marie-Marguerite PROVOST - Title The kings daughters Authors Joy Reisinger, Elmer Courteau Edition revised Publisher J. Reisinger, 1988 Original from the University of Wisc

Title The king's daughters
Authors Joy Reisinger, Elmer Courteau
Edition revised
Publisher J. Reisinger, 1988
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized May 14, 2008
Length 233 pages

1672 Birth of Child
Jean VENNE (VOYNE) was born 11 March 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1674 Birth of Child
Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE) was born 17 February 1674 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1676 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) was born 25 March 1676 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1678 Birth of Child
Barbe VENNE was born 3 October 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1681 Canadian Census Ile Sainte-Therese

Jacques Voine, 35
Marguerite Prevost, sa femme, 26
enfants:
Jean, 10
Marguerite, 8
Marie, 5
Barbe, 2

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

1681 Birth of Child
Françoise VENNE (VOYNE) was born 19 October 1681 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1685 Birth of Child
Jacques VENNE (VOINE) was born September 1685, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

1687 Death of Child
Jacques VENNE (VOINE) died 10 March 1687, Île-Sainte-Thérèse, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

1692 Birth of Child
Louis VENNE (VOYNE) was born 25 August 1692, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1694 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE) married 22 November 1694 , Varennes, Canada, New France to Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND)

1694 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) married 22 November 1694, Varennes, Canada, New France to Joseph JOUET

1694 Death of Child
Barbe VENNE died 23 December 1694, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

1695 Birth of Child
Marie-Barbe VENNE was born 17 June 1695 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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

1698 Death of Child
Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE) died 5 January 1698, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

1698 Marriage of Child
Jean VENNE (VOYNE) married 24 November 1698, Montréal, Canada, New France to Catherine BOUSQUET

1700 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques VENNE died 29 November 1700, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

1701 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite PROVOST and Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE 20 November 1701, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Marguerite PROVOST - 1701 Marriage - Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, QC, Canada

1701 Marriage - Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, QC, Canada

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

1701 Marriage of Child
Françoise VENNE (VOYNE) married 2 November 1701, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* to Jean SABOURIN dit CHAUNIERE

1705 Death of Child
Jean VENNE (VOYNE) died 22 February 1705, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1712 Marriage of Child
Marie-Barbe VENNE married 20 November 1712, Montréal, Canada, New France to Etienne MÉTIVIER (METENIER)

1718 Marriage of Child
Louis VENNE (VOYNE) married 12 December 1718 , Montréal, Canada, New France to Jeanne CABASSIER (CABAZIER)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1724 Death of Spouse/Partner
Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE died 4 August 1724, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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