Marguerite VAILLANT

Born

abt. 1646 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

27 November 1704 , Québec, Canada, New France

Marguerite married Jean DANIAU (DANIA) abt. 1668 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jean DANIAU (DANIA) was born abt. 1651 in France. Jean died abt. 1704 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France .

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Marguerite was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1668.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite VAILLANT

Marguerite VAILLANT married

Jean DANIAU (DANIA)
Marriage date: abt. 1668
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:

PRDH shows no record of this marriage, however the couple is first sighted in Lotbiniere in a 1681 census. There are also baptisms of several children mentioned, the first one being in 1682 in Pointe-de-Levy (Lauzon).

Jean Dania and Marguerite Vaillant

Children of Jean DANIAU (DANIA) and Marguerite VAILLANT

Marie-Anne DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1669, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 30 November 1717, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine BAUDOUIN 1687 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Madeleine DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1670, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 October 1758, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Guillaume GOYAU dit LAGARDE 26 January 1694 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Louis DUFAULT 2 August 1711 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Jeanne DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1676, Batiscan, Canada, New France
Died: April 1681, , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Françoise DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1678, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 September 1754, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) 5 May 1705 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Louis BOUCHARD 02 December 1724 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: 8 August 1680, Grondines, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Andre ROBERT dit BRETON 31 May 1706 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine DANIAU (DANIA)

Born: abt. 1682, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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

1663

Vaillant, Marguerite, m. Dania, Jean, 1668

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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

1680 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA) was born 8 August 1680, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurir de Lotbiniere

Jean Daniau, 30
Marguerite Vaillant, sa femme, 35
enfants:
Marie, 12
Madelaine, 9
Jeanne, 5
Francois, 3
Marguerite, 1

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