Marie DUBOIS

Born

20 March 1640 , Lisieux, Saint-Desir, Normandie, France

Died

27 September 1734 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Marie married Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE 3 November 1670 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 3 May 1645 in Gouex, Poitou, France. Michel died 18 May 1712 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* .

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Marie was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1670.
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daughter of Guillaume DUBOIS and Isabelle LASOEUR

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Recorded occupation: Fille du Roi

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie DUBOIS

Marie DUBOIS married

Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE
Marriage date: 3 November 1670
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:

PRDH INDICATES THAT MICHEL BROUILLET AND MARIE DUBOIS SIGNED A CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE IN 1670 AT AN UNDETERMINED PLACE IN QUEBEC, CANADA.

"AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, LAVIOLETTE REMAINED IN THE AREA, AT CHAMBLY. IT TOOK HIM TWO YEARS TO PREPARE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF HIS FUTURE WIFE, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD YET TO DISCOVER HER IDENTITY.

MARIE DUBOIS, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GUILLAUME AND OF ISABELLE LASOEUR, WAS A TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD ORPHAN, PROTECTED BY THE SUN KING. HER NATIVE TOWN WAS LISIEUX...

THIS MARIE DUBOIS, AFTER HER ARRIVAL IN QUEBEC IN THE SUMMER OF 1670, MET ETIENNE REVELLOS WHO PROPOSED MARRIAGE... SUDDENLY, LOVER ETIENNE DISAPPEARED LIKE A BIRD OF PASSAGE, WHEREUPON MARIE WENT TO MONTERAL. ON 3 NOVEMBER, SHE WAS 'IN THE CHAMBER OF MONSIERU DE CHAMBLY' SEEKING APPROVAL HER MARRIAGE CONTRACT UNDER PRIVATE AGREEMENT TO MICHEL BROUILLET DIT LAVIOLETTE. A MISSIONARY FROM CHAMBLY BLESSED THEIR UNION, BUT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF HAS BEEN LOST."

THOMAS J. LAFOREST

OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME XI, PAGE 9

Children of Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie DUBOIS

Bernard BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE

Born: 8 September 1671, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 1 December 1723, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Marie CHARTIER 28 June 1697 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE

Born: 5 November 1673, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 24 August 1732, Terrebonne, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Francoise LECLERC 7 January 1707 Place: Laval, Canada, New France

Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE

Born: 6 December 1674, Chambly, Canada, New France
Died: 3 October 1746, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Marie BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE 7 January 1704 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE

Born: 28 February 1676, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 23 March 1752, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: Louise BOULARD dite CAMBRAI 22 November 1706 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Marie BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE

Born: 21 October 1677, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 9 December 1740, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Married: François VAUDRY 3 October 1693 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Marie-Françoise BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE

Born: 20 February 1679, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada

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

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Birth — 1640
20 March 1640
Lisieux, Saint-Desir, Normandie, France

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Fille du Roi

Dubois, Marie, m. Brouillet, Michel, dit Laviolette, Nov. 3, 1670

Source / record details
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1670 Marriage / Partner
Marie DUBOIS and Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE 3 November 1670, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 30 years old.

1671 Birth of Child
Bernard BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 8 September 1671, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie was 31 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 5 November 1673, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie was 33 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 6 December 1674, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie was 34 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE was born 28 February 1676, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 35 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Marie BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE was born 21 October 1677, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 37 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE was born 20 February 1679, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 38 years old.

1681 Saint-Francois-du-Lac (La Seigneurie de Saurel), QC, Canada

Michel Bruillet, (1) 36 ans; Marie Dubois, sa femme, 37 ans.
Enfants: Bernard 10, Jean 9, Gilles 8, Pierre 7, Marie 5. 1 fusil, 2 betes-a-cornes, 6 arpents.

Title Revue canadienne
Publisher Revue canadienne, 1886
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Sep 24, 2007
Page 398

1693 Marriage of Child
Marie BROUILLET dite LAVIOLETTE married 3 October 1693, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* to François VAUDRY

1697 Marriage of Child
Bernard BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 28 June 1697, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* to Marie CHARTIER

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

1704 Marriage of Child
Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 7 January 1704, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* to Marie BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

1706 Marriage of Child
Pierre BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 22 November 1706, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* to Louise BOULARD dite CAMBRAI

1707 Marriage of Child
Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE married 7 January 1707, Laval, Canada, New France to Marie-Francoise LECLERC

1712 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE died 18 May 1712, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

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

1723 Death of Child
Bernard BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE died 1 December 1723, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Marie was 83 years old.

1732 Death of Child
Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE died 24 August 1732, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Marie was 92 years old.

'Michel Brouillet, our flour merchant ancestor, died on 16 May 1712. his funeral was celebrated two days later at Notre-Dame de Montreal, before Fathers Seguenot and Francois Citoys de Chaumaux. Yves Priat, a Sulpicien priest of Breton origin, presided at the Requiem Mass. Marie Dubois became the cherished family grandmother for more than twenty years. She died at Pointe-aux-Trembles on 27 September 1734 at the house of her daughter Marie, the wife of Francois Vaudry. She was indeed more than 90 years old.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XI, Pages 14-15

Death — 1734
27 September 1734
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
She died at the age of 94.

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