immigrant Fille a Marier flag female ancestor  Catherine  CHARLES

  (b. 26 October 1638 ,  Créteil, Île-de-France, France   d. 12 December 1691 ,  Montréal, Canada, New France )  

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Catherine CHARLES was born 26 October 1638 in Créteil, Île-de-France, France

Catherine CHARLES was the child of ?   and   ?

Catherine was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1659. To learn more about the Filles à Marier, visit: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France





Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Catherine  married  Urbain JETTE 26 October 1659 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Urbain JETTE  was born 20 October 1626 in Angers, France.  Urbain died 13 May 1684 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). 

Catherine CHARLES died 12 December 1691 in Montréal, Canada, New France .





daughter of Samuel Charles and Francoise Cochet

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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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.

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Family and Children of Catherine CHARLES

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Catherine CHARLES married Ancestor is complete!immigrant flag male ancestor Urbain JETTE-- Date: 26 October 1659 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783


Marriage record found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Urbain Jette and Catherine Carles

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Children of Urbain JETTE and Catherine CHARLES:

flag female ancestor Catherine-Marie JETTE (b.10 March 1661, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 5 September 1717, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Guillaume GOURNAY dit LATOUR 12 November 1674 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Charles DEMERS 9 October 1707 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag female ancestor Marie-Barbe JETTE (b.10 May 1662, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 20 October 1723, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Nicolas DEMERS 23 October 1679 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag male ancestor Nicolas JETTE (b.12 October 1663, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 25 May 1733, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Antoinette-Catherine GIARD 20 November 1690 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag male ancestor Jean JETTE (b.28 January 1665, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. abt. 1681, Montréal, Canada, New France )

flag male ancestor Urbain JETTE (b.11 April 1666, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 3 December 1739, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise CHEVALIER 17 November 1692 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag female ancestor Elisabeth-Isabelle-Marie JETTE (b.20 September 1667, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 12 November 1722, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Michel DEMERS 27 November 1685 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Jacques BARRE 25 October 1688 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag male ancestor Pierre-Nicolas JETTE (b.14 January 1669, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 24 July 1692, Montréal, Canada, New France )

flag female ancestor Marie-Anne JETTE (b.25 February 1670, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 14 February 1746, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Andre DEMERS 02 September 1686 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag male ancestor Paul JETTE (b.10 June 1672, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 12 March 1750, Repentigny, Canada, New France )
m. Martine DEMERS 16 September 1697 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Marie-Madeleine JETTE (b.10 December 1673, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 9 July 1737, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Robert DEMERS 26 April 1694 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag male ancestor Louis-Charles JETTE (b.13 April 1675, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 26 May 1757, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Elisabeth HANDGRAVE (ANDEGRAVE) 10 February 1698 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

flag male ancestor Pierre JETTE (b.25 September 1677, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. 13 September 1714, Montréal, Canada, New France )

flag baby girl ancestor Françoise JETTE (b.28 March 1680, Montréal, Canada, New France   d. abt. 1681, Montréal, Canada, New France )



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birth1638 Birth
26 October 1638
Créteil, Île-de-France, France
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
marriage1659 Marriage / Partner
Catherine CHARLES and Urbain JETTE 26 October 1659, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 21 years old.
1661 Birth of Child
Catherine-Marie JETTE was born 10 March 1661, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 22 years old.
1662 Birth of Child
Marie-Barbe JETTE was born 10 May 1662, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 23 years old.
1663 Birth of Child
Nicolas JETTE was born 12 October 1663, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 24 years old.
1665 Birth of Child
Jean JETTE was born 28 January 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 26 years old.
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1666 Montreal
Urbain Jetté - 39 habitant
Catherine Charles - 28 sa femme

Catherine Jetté - 5 fille

Marie Jetté - 4 fille

Nicolas Jetté - 2 fils

Et Jean Jetté - 1 fils
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1666 Birth of Child
Urbain JETTE was born 11 April 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 27 years old.
1667 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle-Marie JETTE was born 20 September 1667, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 28 years old.
1669 Birth of Child
Pierre-Nicolas JETTE was born 14 January 1669, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 30 years old.
1670 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne JETTE was born 25 February 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 31 years old.
1672 Birth of Child
Paul JETTE was born 10 June 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 33 years old.
1673 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine JETTE was born 10 December 1673, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 35 years old.
marriage1674 Marriage of Child
Catherine-Marie JETTE married 12 November 1674 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Guillaume GOURNAY dit LATOUR
1675 Birth of Child
Louis-Charles JETTE was born 13 April 1675, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 36 years old.
1677 Birth of Child
Pierre JETTE was born 25 September 1677, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 38 years old.
marriage1679 Marriage of Child
Marie-Barbe JETTE married 23 October 1679 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Nicolas DEMERS
1680 Birth of Child
Françoise JETTE was born 28 March 1680, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 41 years old.
1681
'Urbain Jetté 50 ans, Catherine Charlotte Charles sa femme 44 ans, Nicolas 18 ans, Urbain 15 ans, Élizabeth 14 ans, Pierre 12 ans, Anne 11 ans, Paul 8 ans, Madelaine 7 ans, Charles 5 ans, Françoise 1 1/ 2 , 1 fusil, 4 bêtes à cornes et 20 arpents en valeur. '
1681 Montreal Census
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1684 Death of Spouse/Partner
Urbain JETTE died 13 May 1684, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
marriage1685 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle-Marie JETTE married 27 November 1685 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Michel DEMERS
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne JETTE married 02 September 1686 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Andre DEMERS
marriage1688 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle-Marie JETTE married 25 October 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jacques BARRE
marriage1690 Marriage of Child
Nicolas JETTE married 20 November 1690, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Antoinette-Catherine GIARD
death1691 Death
12 December 1691
Montréal, Canada, New France

She died at the age of 53.
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