Marguerite THOMAS

Born

abt. 1634 , Stavelot, Liege, Belgium

Died

30 August 1695 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Marguerite married Jean TRUDEL (TRUDELLE) 4 November 1655 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Jean TRUDEL (TRUDELLE) was born abt. 1629 in Parfondeval, Orne, France. Jean died 25 November 1699 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France.

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Marguerite was a Fille à Marier

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite THOMAS

Marguerite THOMAS married

Jean TRUDEL (TRUDELLE)
Marriage date: 4 November 1655
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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NOTRE-DAME-DE-QUEBEC, QUEBEC, CANADA

"JEAN TRUDEL NEEDED NOTHING MORE IN ORDER TO THROW HIMSELF INTO A MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURE. ON 3 NOVEMBER 1655, HE PRESENTED HIMSELF AT THE HOME OF NOTARY FRANCOIS BADEAU AT QUEBEC IN ORDER TO PUT IN BLACK AND WHITE THE TERMS OF HIS MARRIAGE CONTRACT WITH MARGUERITE THOMAS. THIS DOCUMENT REVEALS THAT JEAN WAS THE SON OF JEAN TRUDELLE AND OF MARGUERITE ROYER FROM THE PARISH OF PARFONDEVAL, NEAR MONTAGNE IN PERCHE (ORNE). AS FOR MARGUERITE THOMAS, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JEAN AND OF MARGUERITE FREDRAY, FROM THE PARISH OF STADAU, NEAR LIEGE IN BELGIUM, THE NUPTIAL CEREMONY TOOK PLACE IN THE CHURCH OF QUEBEC THE NEXT DAY."

THOMAS J. LAFOREST

OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME VIII, PAGES 210-211

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Jean TRUDEL (TRUDELLE) and Marguerite THOMAS

Marie-Jeanne TRUDEL

Born: 22 July 1656, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 November 1734, Louiseville, Canada, New France

Married: Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE 12 September 1667 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Pierre TRUDEL

Born: 6 December 1657, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 31 August 1732, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Married: Françoise LEFRANCOIS 26 February 1680 Place: Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite JACOB 30 April 1702 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine TRUDEL

Born: 15 June 1659, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 18 December 1700, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre LEFEBVRE 11 October 1674 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Nicolas TRUDEL

Born: 4 April 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 7 April 1729, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Barbe LETARTRE (LETARTE) 7 January 1684 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Antoine TRUDEL

Born: 15 September 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 22 May 1701, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Magdeleine GARIEPY 19 February 1691 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Married: Jeanne THUILLIER 30 April 1696 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Pierre TRUDEL

Born: 12 March 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 24 December 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Philippe TRUDEL

Born: 26 March 1667, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 5 September 1733, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Catherine GARIEPY 28 January 1696 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Jean TRUDEL

Born: 28 June 1669, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 9 April 1742, Les Saints-Anges-Gardiens, Canada, New France

Married: Louise MATHIEU 8 January 1691 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Marguerite TRUDEL

Born: 19 April 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 6 May 1701, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Joseph BLONDEAU dit LAFRANCHISE 10 January 1689 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

François TRUDEL

Born: 14 April 1673, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 4 November 1685, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Joseph TRUDEL

Born: 9 January 1676, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 8 February 1715, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Catherine OSSANT (AUSSAN) 23 November 1693 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
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1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Biography

'Marguerite Thomas was born about 1634 in Stavelot, Liege, Belguim the daughter of Jean Thomas and Marguerite Fredley. She arrived in the Quebec Colony as a Filles A Marier, contracted to be the bride of Jean-Pierre Trudel. They were married November 19, 1655 in Chateau-Richer.'

'Jean-Pierre was born about 1629 in Parfondeval, Orne, Perche, France the son of Jean Trudel and Marguerite Noyer. He and Marguerite would have eleven children. She died on August 30, 1695 in L'Ange Gardien and Jean-Pierre followed on November 25, 1699.'

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1655 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite THOMAS and Jean TRUDEL (TRUDELLE) 4 November 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1656 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne TRUDEL was born 22 July 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1657 Birth of Child
Pierre TRUDEL was born 6 December 1657, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1659 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine TRUDEL was born 15 June 1659, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1662 Birth of Child
Nicolas TRUDEL was born 4 April 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1663 Birth of Child
Antoine TRUDEL was born 15 September 1663, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1665 Birth of Child
Jean-Pierre TRUDEL was born 12 March 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1666 Habittans de Beauport

Jean Trudel - 37 Tisseran en Toille

Margueritte Thomas - 32 sa femme

Jeanne Trudel - 10 fille

pierre Trudel - 8 fils

Magdelaine Trudel - 7 fille

Nicolas Trudel - 4 fils

Anthoine Trudel - 2 fils

Et Michel Bigot - 24 domestique engaigé

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The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1667 Birth of Child
Philippe TRUDEL was born 26 March 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1667 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne TRUDEL married 12 September 1667, , Québec Province, Canada to Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE

1669 Birth of Child
Jean TRUDEL was born 28 June 1669, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1671 Birth of Child
Marguerite TRUDEL was born 19 April 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1673 Birth of Child
François TRUDEL was born 14 April 1673, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1674 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine TRUDEL married 11 October 1674 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France to Pierre LEFEBVRE

1676 Birth of Child
Joseph TRUDEL was born 9 January 1676, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1680 Marriage of Child
Pierre TRUDEL married 26 February 1680, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Françoise LEFRANCOIS

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre

Jean Trudelle, 50
Marguerite Thomas, sa femme, 48
enfants:
Nicolas, 19
Philippe, 14
Jean, 13
Marguerite, 10
Francois, 8

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

1684 Marriage of Child
Nicolas TRUDEL married 7 January 1684 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Barbe LETARTRE (LETARTE)

1685 Death of Child
François TRUDEL died 4 November 1685, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

1689 Marriage of Child
Marguerite TRUDEL married 10 January 1689, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Joseph BLONDEAU dit LAFRANCHISE

1691 Marriage of Child
Jean TRUDEL married 8 January 1691 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Louise MATHIEU

1691 Marriage of Child
Antoine TRUDEL married 19 February 1691, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Marie-Magdeleine GARIEPY

1693 Marriage of Child
Joseph TRUDEL married 23 November 1693, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Marie-Catherine OSSANT (AUSSAN)

1695

'MARGUERITE THOMAS LIVED JUST LONG ENOUGH TO WITNESS THE LAST TRANSACTION WITH HER SON JEAN. ON 30 AUGUST 1695, SHE GAVE UP HER SOUL AT THE AGE OF 62... FOUR YEARS LATER, THE REGISTRY OF L'ANGE-GARDIEN REPORTED THE DEATH OF OUR ANCESTOR ON 25 NOVEMBER 1699.'

THOMAS J. LAFOREST
OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME VIII, PAGE 213

Death

Name: Marguerite Thomas
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 01 Sep 1695
Burial Place: L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency I, Quebec
Death Date: 30 Aug 1695
Death Place: L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency I, Quebec
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Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jean Trudel
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03769-7
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film Number: 1018044
Reference ID: p2 bur 8

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F2P1-MZQ : accessed 6 June 2015), Marguerite Thomas, 30 Aug 1695; citing Cemetery, L'Ange Gardien, Montmorency I, Quebec, reference p2 bur 8; FHL microfilm 1,018,044.

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