François
FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET)
Born
10 June 1682
,
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died
17 April 1765
,
Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
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Born: 10 June 1682 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Father:
François FRECHETTE
Mother:
Anne LEREAU (L'HERAULT)
Maternal grandparents:
Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT)
, Suzanne JAROUSSEL
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Marguerite BERGERON 6 May 1707 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marguerite BERGERON was born 6 January 1687 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marguerite died 18 June 1734 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Andre BERGERON and Marguerite DEMERS (DUMAIS).
François married (2) Marie-Madeleine COCHU 17 January 1735 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine COCHU was born 7 August 1693 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Madeleine died 31 May 1753 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jacques COCHU and Marie MORIN.
François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) died 17 April 1765 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of François appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET)
François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) married 
Marguerite BERGERON
Marriage date: 6 May 1707
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
See marriage record for François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERON
Marguerite BERGERON was the child of Andre BERGERON and Marguerite DEMERS (DUMAIS)
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Marguerite BERGERONMarriage date: 6 May 1707
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
See marriage record for François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERONMarguerite BERGERON was the child of Andre BERGERON and Marguerite DEMERS (DUMAIS)
Marriage notes:
"Francois junior, the eldest, was baptized at Sainte-Famille in 1682. He married Marguerite Bergeron who gave him thirteen children."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume X, Page 115
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERON
François FRECHETTEBorn: 25 May 1708, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 19 December 1749, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Died: 19 December 1749, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Charlotte HAMEL 16 August 1734 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTEBorn: 12 October 1709, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 17 October 1785, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 October 1785, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Joseph-Louis LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER 15 November 1728 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Etienne FRECHETTEBorn: 25 August 1711, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 3 October 1711, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 3 October 1711, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite FRÉCHETTTE (FRÉCHET)Born: 17 March 1713, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 13 December 1780, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 December 1780, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Joseph BOUCHER 26 July 1731 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Married: Jean-Baptiste FILTEAU 13 November 1742 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Married: Étienne BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS 3 February 1749 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada
Étienne FRECHETTEBorn: 3 October 1714, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 8 June 1785, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 June 1785, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Anne DUPERE 22 April 1743 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise FRECHETTEBorn: 28 April 1716, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 13 May 1797, Lotbinière, Lower Canada
Died: 13 May 1797, Lotbinière, Lower Canada
Married: Louis PERUSSE 1 March 1734 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Married: Ignace LEMAY 11 July 1747 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Marie-Charlotte FRECHETTEBorn: 21 February 1718, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 18 December 1779, Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 18 December 1779, Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Pierre ROUSSEAU 17 January 1735 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Married: Antoine NADEAU 16 August 1764 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Joseph FRECHETTEBorn: 29 May 1719, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 12 April 1802, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 12 April 1802, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Married: Marie-Louise MARIER (LEMARIÉ) 7 January 1742 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTEBorn: 5 October 1721, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 17 July 1788 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 July 1788 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Madeleine LOIGNON 13 April 1750 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Pierre FRECHETTEBorn: 4 August 1723, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 28 May 1811, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 28 May 1811, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Married: Thecle GUYON (DION) 4 February 1754 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)
Married: Elisabeth VEZINA 11 April 1774 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTEBorn: 10 June 1726, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 26 July 1802, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: 26 July 1802, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Married: Louis-Charles DUPERE 9 October 1747 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Louis FRECHETTEBorn: 22 November 1730, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 8 April 1775 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 April 1775 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Geneviève NADEAU 8 November 1751 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) married Marie-Madeleine COCHU
Marriage date: 17 January 1735
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marie-Madeleine COCHU was the child of Jacques COCHU and Marie MORIN
Marie-Madeleine COCHUMarriage date: 17 January 1735
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marie-Madeleine COCHU was the child of Jacques COCHU and Marie MORIN
Children of François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marie-Madeleine COCHU
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Birth — 168210 June 1682
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
1682 Baptism
Sainte-Famille-de-L'Isle-d'Orleans, QC, Canada
Francois Frischet, son of Francois Frischet and Anne Leureau
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Sainte-Famille-de-L'Isle-d'Orleans, QC, Canada
Francois Frischet, son of Francois Frischet and Anne Leureau
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1707 Marriage / PartnerFrançois FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERON 6 May 1707, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
He was 24 years old.
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1707 Marriage Saint Nicolas
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1708 Birth of ChildFrançois FRECHETTE was born 25 May 1708, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 25 years old.
1709 Birth of ChildMarie-Geneviève FRECHETTE was born 12 October 1709, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 27 years old.
1711 Birth of ChildEtienne FRECHETTE was born 25 August 1711, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 29 years old.
1713 Birth of ChildMarie-Marguerite FRÉCHETTTE (FRÉCHET) was born 17 March 1713, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 30 years old.
1714 Birth of ChildÉtienne FRECHETTE was born 3 October 1714, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
François was 32 years old.
1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France1716 Birth of ChildMarie-Louise FRECHETTE was born 28 April 1716, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 33 years old.
1718 Birth of ChildMarie-Charlotte FRECHETTE was born 21 February 1718, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 35 years old.
1719 Birth of ChildJoseph FRECHETTE was born 29 May 1719, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 36 years old.
1721 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was born 5 October 1721, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 39 years old.
1723 Birth of ChildPierre FRECHETTE was born 4 August 1723, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 41 years old.
1726 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine FRECHETTE was born 10 June 1726, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 44 years old.
1728 Marriage of ChildMarie-Geneviève FRECHETTE married 15 November 1728, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Louis LEMAY dit LE POUDRIER
1730 Birth of ChildLouis FRECHETTE was born 22 November 1730, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
François was 48 years old.
1731 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite FRÉCHETTTE (FRÉCHET) married 26 July 1731 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Joseph BOUCHER
1734 Marriage of ChildMarie-Louise FRECHETTE married 1 March 1734, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Louis PERUSSE
1734 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarguerite BERGERON died 18 June 1734, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
1734 Marriage of ChildFrançois FRECHETTE married 16 August 1734, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Marie-Charlotte HAMEL
1735 Marriage / PartnerFrançois FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marie-Madeleine COCHU 17 January 1735, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
He was 52 years old.
1735 Marriage of ChildMarie-Charlotte FRECHETTE married 17 January 1735 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Pierre ROUSSEAU
1742 Marriage of ChildJoseph FRECHETTE married 7 January 1742, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise MARIER (LEMARIÉ)
1742 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite FRÉCHETTTE (FRÉCHET) married 13 November 1742, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste FILTEAU
1743 Marriage of ChildÉtienne FRECHETTE married 22 April 1743, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne DUPERE
1747 Marriage of ChildMarie-Louise FRECHETTE married 11 July 1747 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Ignace LEMAY
1747 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine FRECHETTE married 9 October 1747, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Louis-Charles DUPERE
1749 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite FRÉCHETTTE (FRÉCHET) married 3 February 1749, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada to Étienne BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS
1749 Death of ChildFrançois FRECHETTE died 19 December 1749, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
François was 67 years old.
1750 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste FRECHETTE married 13 April 1750, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Madeleine LOIGNON
1751 Marriage of ChildLouis FRECHETTE married 8 November 1751, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Geneviève NADEAU
1753 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Madeleine COCHU died 31 May 1753, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada
1754 Marriage of ChildPierre FRECHETTE married 4 February 1754, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier) to Thecle GUYON (DION)
1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.1764 Marriage of ChildMarie-Charlotte FRECHETTE married 16 August 1764 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Antoine NADEAU
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Death — 176517 April 1765
Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 82.
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