Catherine VIGER

(b. 28 February 1675 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1749 , Boucherville, Canada, New France )

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Catherine VIGER was born 28 February 1675 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Catherine VIGER was the child of Desir VIGER and Catherine MOITIE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MOITIE and Françoise LANGEVIN

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

Catherine married Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE 11 January 1694 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was born abt. 1668 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Daniel died 7 August 1732 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Daniel was the child of Jean POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie LANGLOIS.

Catherine VIGER died 28 May 1749 in Boucherville, Canada, New France .
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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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Catherine VIGER married

Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE-- Date: 11 January 1694 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
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Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was the child of Jean POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie LANGLOIS

Daniel Poirier and Catherine Vige

Marriage record found at Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Quebec

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Children of Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Catherine VIGER:

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER (b.11 April 1695 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 24 July 1770, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Catherine BARSALOU 5 February 1731 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Marguerite JETTE 21 February 1735 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Catherine POIRIER (b.8 March 1697, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 18 September 1728, Boucherville, Canada, New France )

François POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE (b.14 April 1699 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 3 July 1762, Chambly, Canada )
m. Madeleine DEMERS 18 June 1726 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Madeleine POIRIER (b.25 January 1701 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1751, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Michel DEMERS 2 May 1730 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph-Jean POIRIER (b.26 December 1702, Varennes, Canada, New France d. abt. 1739, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine DEMERS 09 February 1728 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Robert POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE (b.21 September 1704, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 22 September 1704, Boucherville, Canada, New France )

Pierre POIRIER (b.13 March 1706 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1778, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Charlotte LAGUE 15 February 1735 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
m. Marie-Geneviève PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX 7 January 1771 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Charles POIRIER (b.29 April 1708 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 9 March 1777, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Ursule DEMERS 11 February 1732 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Josephe-Therese POIRIER (b.19 March 1710, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 8 March 1753, Chambly, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph DEMERS 6 February 1731 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louise POIRIER (b.7 December 1711, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. , )

Louis POIRIER (b.24 March 1713, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 1 July 1773, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Veronique FAVREAU 3 April 1742 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jacques POIRIER (b.16 January 1715, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 26 July 1768, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne LAGUE dite SANSCARTIER 15 February 1740 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
m. Jeanne-Catherine CUSSON 28 September 1761 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Daniel POIRIER (b.23 April 1717 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 11 March 1774, Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne GIRARD 21 January 1743 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
m. Françoise-Josephte BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER) (BOUTILLIER) 7 May 1758 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

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1675 Birth
28 February 1675
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1675 Baptism
Catherine Viger

Baptism record found at Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1694 Marriage / Partner
Catherine VIGER and Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE 11 January 1694, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 18 years old.

Catherine VIGER - 1694 Marriage Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Boucherville, QC, Canada

1694 Marriage Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Boucherville, QC, Canada

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1695 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER was born 11 April 1695 , Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 20 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine POIRIER was born 8 March 1697, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 22 years old.

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

1699 Birth of Child
François POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was born 14 April 1699 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 24 years old.

1701 Birth of Child
Madeleine POIRIER was born 25 January 1701 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 25 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jean POIRIER was born 26 December 1702, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Catherine was 27 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Robert POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was born 21 September 1704, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 29 years old.

1706 Birth of Child
Pierre POIRIER was born 13 March 1706 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 31 years old.

1708 Birth of Child
Charles POIRIER was born 29 April 1708 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 33 years old.

1710 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe-Therese POIRIER was born 19 March 1710, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 35 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Louise POIRIER was born 7 December 1711, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 36 years old.

1713 Birth of Child
Louis POIRIER was born 24 March 1713, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 38 years old.

1715 Birth of Child
Jacques POIRIER was born 16 January 1715, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 39 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Daniel POIRIER was born 23 April 1717 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 42 years old.

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

1726 Marriage of Child
François POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE married 18 June 1726 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Madeleine DEMERS

1728 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jean POIRIER married 09 February 1728 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Catherine DEMERS

1728 Death of Child
Marie-Catherine POIRIER died 18 September 1728, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 53 years old.

1730 Marriage of Child
Madeleine POIRIER married 2 May 1730 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Michel DEMERS

1731 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER married 5 February 1731, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Catherine BARSALOU

1731 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe-Therese POIRIER married 6 February 1731, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Joseph DEMERS

1732 Marriage of Child
Charles POIRIER married 11 February 1732 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Ursule DEMERS

1732 Death of Spouse/Partner
Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE died 7 August 1732, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1735 Marriage of Child
Pierre POIRIER married 15 February 1735, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Charlotte LAGUE

1735 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER married 21 February 1735, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marguerite JETTE

1740 Marriage of Child
Jacques POIRIER married 15 February 1740, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie-Anne LAGUE dite SANSCARTIER

1742 Marriage of Child
Louis POIRIER married 3 April 1742 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Veronique FAVREAU

1743 Marriage of Child
Daniel POIRIER married 21 January 1743, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie-Anne GIRARD

1749 Death
Cath. Viger

Death record found at Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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