Jeanne VILAIN

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abt. 1655 , Paris, France

Died

18 December 1711 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Jean VILAIN Marguerite DE REISNES

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Born: abt. 1655 in Paris, France

Father: Jean VILAIN

Mother: Marguerite DE REISNES

Jeanne was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1670.
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Jeanne married Mathurin BERNIER dit LAMARSELLE 28 October 1670 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathurin BERNIER dit LAMARSELLE was born 28 April 1643 in France. Mathurin died 27 January 1678 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles).

Jeanne married (2) Jacques CHEVALIER 5 September 1678 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jacques CHEVALIER was born abt. 1658 in France. Jacques died 30 April 1723 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus).

Jeanne VILAIN died 18 December 1711 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

daughter of Jean Vilain and Jeanne Barbe

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Recorded occupation: Fille du Roi

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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Jeanne VILAIN married

Mathurin BERNIER dit LAMARSELLE
Marriage date: 28 October 1670
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: www.biographi.ca/ en/ bio/ villain_jean_baptiste_1E.html

Marriage notes:

We next meet Jean-Baptiste Villain at Montreal. On 18 Oct. 1670 he was present as cousin of the fiancée at the signing of the private marriage contract concluded between Mathurin Bernier, a native of Bessay (near Luçon), and Jeanne Villain, “daughter of Jean Villain and of the late Jeanne Barbé, her father and mother, of the parish of Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie in Paris.” Ten days later the parish priest of Notre-Dame in Montreal drew up the marriage certificate of the Berniers; in it Jeanne Villain is called “daughter of Jean Villain, master gold- and silversmith in Paris, and of Jeanne Barbé.”

Gérard Morisset, “VILLAIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto, Université Laval, 2003

Children of Mathurin BERNIER dit LAMARSELLE and Jeanne VILAIN

Elisabeth BERNIER

Born: 3 October 1671, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 2 February 1747, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques BIETRY dit CHEVALIER 24 November 1687 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Married: Jean-Baptiste CAMPEAU 25 October 1705 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jeanne VILAIN married

Jacques CHEVALIER
Marriage date: 5 September 1678
Marriage place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Children of Jacques CHEVALIER and Jeanne VILAIN

Paul CHEVALIER

Born: 21 June 1679, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Agathe-Barbe CAMPEAU 1 June 1705 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre CHEVALIER dit DUBEAU

Born: 28 June 1689, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie CHEVALIER

Born: 15 May 1692, Laval, Canada, New France
Died: 16 February 1761, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada

Married: Jacques LEVERT 11 September 1719 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Jeanne VILAIN and Mathurin BERNIER dit LAMARSELLE 28 October 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Fille du Roi
Vilain, Jeanne , m. 1. Bernier, Mathurin, dit Lamarzelle, Oct. 28, 1670, m. 2. Chevalier, Jacques, Sep. 5, 1678
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1671 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BERNIER was born 3 October 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1678 Marriage / Partner
Jeanne VILAIN and Jacques CHEVALIER 5 September 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1678 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathurin BERNIER dit LAMARSELLE died 27 January 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1679 Birth of Child
Paul CHEVALIER was born 21 June 1679, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

1687 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth BERNIER married 24 November 1687, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Jacques BIETRY dit CHEVALIER

1689 Birth of Child
Pierre CHEVALIER dit DUBEAU was born 28 June 1689, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1692 Birth of Child
Marie CHEVALIER was born 15 May 1692, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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

1705 Marriage of Child
Paul CHEVALIER married 1 June 1705 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Agathe-Barbe CAMPEAU

1705 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth BERNIER married 25 October 1705, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste CAMPEAU

Death — 1711
18 December 1711
Montréal, Canada, New France

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