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Anne  married  François FRECHETTE 18 January 1680 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
François FRECHETTE  was born abt. 1656 in St-Martin, Ile de Re, La Rochelle, France.  François died abt. 1728 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . 

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Anne  married  François FRECHETTE 18 January 1680 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
François FRECHETTE  was born abt. 1656 in St-Martin, Ile de Re, La Rochelle, France.  François died abt. 1728 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . 

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Anne LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

Anne LEREAU (L'HERAULT) married immigrant flag male ancestor François FRECHETTE
Marriage date: 18 January 1680
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
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"Anne, the god-daughter of Louis Lepage and of Marie Perrot, was baptized on 7 May 1667. She married Francois Frechette, a ship's carpenter and a militia captain, on 18 January 1680 at Sainte-Famille. He was the son of Etienne and of Marie Belin. Anne is the direct ancestress of Louis Frechette, our national poet. Francois and Anne had 9 children."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IX, Page 164


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Children of François FRECHETTE and Anne LEREAU (L'HERAULT)


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Baptism
Name: Anne Lereau
Gender: Female
baptism/ christening date: 07 Jun 1665
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Place: Château-Richer, Montmorency No 1, Quebec
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Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
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Race: White
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Name: Simon Lereau
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Name: Susanne Jarousseu
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indexing project (batch) number: C02776-5
system origin: Canada-EASy
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Film Number: 1018161
reference number: P 34

'Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,' index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 07 Jan 2013), Anne Lereau, ; citing reference P 34, FHL microfilm 1018161.
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BirthBirth — 1665
7 June 1665
Château-Richer, Canada, New France
marriage1680 Marriage / Partner
Anne LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and François FRECHETTE 18 January 1680, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 14 years old.
1682 Birth of Child
François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) was born 10 June 1682, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Anne was 17 years old.
1684 Birth of Child
Étienne FRECHETTE was born 19 September 1684, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Anne was 19 years old.
1685 Birth of Child
Pierre FRECHETTE was born 25 December 1685, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Anne was 20 years old.
1686 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne FRECHETTE was born 5 September 1686, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Anne was 21 years old.
1688 Birth of Child
Pierre FRECHETTE was born 25 December 1688, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Anne was 23 years old.
1691 Birth of Child
Simon FRECHETTE was born 13 January 1691, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Anne was 25 years old.
1693 Birth of Child
Joseph FRECHETTE was born 12 November 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Anne was 28 years old.
1696
'THE FRECHETTES LIVED AT QUEBEC UNTIL 6 JANUARY 1696, THE DAY ON WHICH THEY GAVE TWO SONS TO THE SEMINARY OF QUEBEC. DURING THE NEXT SUMMER, MADAME FRECHETTE AND THE CHILDREN WENT TO SAINT-NICOLAS TO THE COUTARD HOME WHERE SUZANNE JAROUSSEL WAS GETTING ALONG IN YEARS. WE KNOW FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL THAT THIS MOTHER OF ANNE LEREAU DIED BEFORE JULY 1700... AS FOR FRANCOIS, HE COULD HAVE CONTINUED TO LIVE AT QUEBEC IN ORDER TO EARN A LIVING FOR HIS FAMILY...FINALLY, THE FRECHETTE FAMILY IS FOUND REUNITED AT SAINT-NICOLAS IN THE SEIGNEURIE OF LAUZON, ACCORDING TO AN ACT NOTARIZED ON 6 OCTOBER 1703''

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME X, PAGE 113-114
1696 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTE was born 29 July 1696, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Anne was 31 years old.
1701 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Agnes FRECHETTE was born 29 May 1701, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Anne was 35 years old.
1703 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule FRECHETTE was born 25 March 1703, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Anne was 37 years old.
marriage1703 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FRECHETTE married 23 November 1703, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France to Simon HOUDE
1705 Birth of Child
Michel FRECHETTE was born 12 July 1705, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Anne was 40 years old.
marriage1707 Marriage of Child
François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) married 6 May 1707, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France to Marguerite BERGERON
1708 Death of Child
Simon FRECHETTE died 18 April 1708, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Anne was 42 years old.
marriage1710 Marriage of Child
Étienne FRECHETTE married 23 June 1710, Québec, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne LAVERGNE
'Anne Lereau, mother of a large and beautiful family, died on 20 July 1715, a few days after her son Michel.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume X, Page 116
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DeathDeath — 1715
20 July 1715
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 50.
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