Catherine MOITIE

Born

14 June 1649 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

21 October 1727 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

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Jacques MOITIE Françoise LANGEVIN

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Born: 14 June 1649 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Father: Jacques MOITIE

Mother: Françoise LANGEVIN

Catherine was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1667.
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Catherine married Desir VIGER 19 September 1667 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Desir VIGER was born abt. 1647 in Rouen, France. Desir died 5 March 1688 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Catherine married (2) Jean POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE 22 November 1688 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . Jean POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was born abt. 1647 in Gourdon, Molieres, France. Jean died 18 February 1722 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville).

Catherine MOITIE died 21 October 1727 in Boucherville, Canada, New France .

Baptised at Ste Marguerite chapel in the parish Notre-Dame-de-Cougnes in La Rochelle, 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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Spouse & Children of Catherine MOITIE

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Catherine MOITIE married

Desir VIGER
Marriage date: 19 September 1667
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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

Desire Viger and Catherine Moitie

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Children of Desir VIGER and Catherine MOITIE

Charles VIGER

Born: 9 August 1668, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 16 October 1750, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Françoise GUERTIN 29 June 1694 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Noelle VIGER

Born: 9 November 1670, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 18 April 1751, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph LEDUC dit LESPERANCE 7 January 1687 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Married: Jacques PERINAU dit LAMARCHE 4 October 1688 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jacques VIGER

Born: 7 February 1673, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 8 January 1715, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Françoise CESAR dite LAGARDELETTE 30 March 1695 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine VIGER

Born: 28 February 1675, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 28 May 1749, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE 11 January 1694 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Françoise VIGER

Born: 13 May 1677 , Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 13 January 1767, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean BOUGRET dit DUFORT 4 July 1722 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Madeleine VIGER

Born: 10 January 1679, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 17 October 1682, Boucherville, Canada, New France

François VIGER

Born: 22 June 1681, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 26 July 1749, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Françoise LAMOUREUX 8 January 1702 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Madeleine VIGER

Born: 1 October 1683 , Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 2 November 1756, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre LAPORTE 10 July 1712 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louis VIGER

Born: 20 November 1685, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marianne GIRAUDON (GIRODON) 13 March 1722 Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Maurice VIGER

Born: 24 November 1687, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 12 December 1687, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Catherine MOITIE married

Jean POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE
Marriage date: 22 November 1688
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Jean Poirier and Catherine Moitie

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

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Birth — 1649
14 June 1649
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

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

1663
Moitié, Catherine, m. 1. Viger, Désiré, Sep. 19, 1667, m. 2. Poirier, Jean, dit Lajeunesse, Nov. 22, 1688
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

1666 Census - Montreal, Quebec
Charles Le Moyne 42 Procureur du Roy
Catherine Primo Demoiselle 25 Son Epouse
Charles Le Moyne 9 Fils
Jacques Le Moyne 7 Fils
Pierre Le Moyne 4 Fils
(Piere sera mieux connu par le nom d'Iberville)
Paul Le Moyne 3 Fils
Joachim Brunet 20 Domestique, engage
Dezir Vigier 22 Marin, domestique engage
Simon Guillory 20 Arquebusier, domestique, engage
Adrien St-Augin 18 Domestique, engage
Catherine Moytie 16 Domestique
1666 Montreal Census
The History of Montréal: The Story of Great North American City

1667 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MOITIE and Desir VIGER 19 September 1667, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 18 years old.

1668 Birth of Child
Charles VIGER was born 9 August 1668, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 19 years old.

1670 Birth of Child
Marie-Noelle VIGER was born 9 November 1670, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Catherine was 21 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Jacques VIGER was born 7 February 1673, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Catherine was 23 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Catherine VIGER was born 28 February 1675, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 25 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise VIGER was born 13 May 1677 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 27 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Madeleine VIGER was born 10 January 1679, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 29 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie du Boucherville
Desir Viger, 36
Catherine Motier, sa femme, 31
enfants:
Charles, 14
Noel, 10
Jacques, 9
Marthe, 5
Madelaine, 2
Francoise, 1

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

1681 Birth of Child
François VIGER was born 22 June 1681, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 32 years old.

1682 Death of Child
Madeleine VIGER died 17 October 1682, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 33 years old.

1683 Birth of Child
Madeleine VIGER was born 1 October 1683 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 34 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Louis VIGER was born 20 November 1685, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 36 years old.

1687 Marriage of Child
Marie-Noelle VIGER married 7 January 1687, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Joseph LEDUC dit LESPERANCE

1687 Birth of Child
Maurice VIGER was born 24 November 1687, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine was 38 years old.

1688 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MOITIE and Jean POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE 22 November 1688, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 39 years old.

1688 Death of Spouse/Partner
Desir VIGER died 5 March 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1688 Marriage of Child
Marie-Noelle VIGER married 4 October 1688, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jacques PERINAU dit LAMARCHE

1694 Marriage of Child
Catherine VIGER married 11 January 1694, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE

1694 Marriage of Child
Charles VIGER married 29 June 1694, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Françoise GUERTIN

1695 Marriage of Child
Jacques VIGER married 30 March 1695, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Françoise CESAR dite LAGARDELETTE

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

1702 Marriage of Child
François VIGER married 8 January 1702, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Françoise LAMOUREUX

1712 Marriage of Child
Madeleine VIGER married 10 July 1712, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Pierre LAPORTE

1715 Death of Child
Jacques VIGER died 8 January 1715, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 65 years old.

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

1722 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE died 18 February 1722, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1722 Marriage of Child
Louis VIGER married 13 March 1722, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA to Marianne GIRAUDON (GIRODON)

1722 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise VIGER married 4 July 1722, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jean BOUGRET dit DUFORT

1727 Death
Cath. Moque

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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