Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS

Born

30 August 1658 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

28 June 1715 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

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Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)

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Born: 30 August 1658 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME

Mother: Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Marguerite never married Joseph DENIS dit LEVALON abt. 1672 . The marriage was annulled. Joseph DENIS dit LEVALON was born abt. 1650 in Artois, France.

Marie-Marguerite married (2) Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) 9 October 1675 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) was born 14 June 1641 in Rouen, France. Jacques died 3 July 1712 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).

Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS died 28 June 1715 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
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Spouse & Children of Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS

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Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS never married

Joseph DENIS dit LEVALON
Marriage date: abt. 1672
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They never married. Their marriage contract was annulled on 18 April 1672.

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Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS married

Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)
Marriage date: 9 October 1675
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Jacques Tetu and Marguerite Beauvais

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Children of Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) and Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS

Pierre TESTU dit LARIVIERE

Born: 21 September 1676, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)

Born: 9 August 1677, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 14 March 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marguerite TETU (TESTU)

Born: 22 October 1679 , La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 7 June 1699, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE 7 June 1698 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Charlotte TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU)

Born: 22 February 1682, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU)

Born: 13 November 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 8 June 1736, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY 27 November 1702 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Claude TESTU

Born: 2 May 1687, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 1 September 1700 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Catherine TESTU

Born: 11 December 1689 , La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 30 May 1765, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre DENIGER dit SANSOUCY 04 November 1705 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Married: Jean BABEU 20 June 1735 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie TESTU

Born: 16 December 1691, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 4 February 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jeanne TESTU (TETU)

Born: 5 June 1694, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Jacques TESTU

Born: 4 March 1696, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 24 May 1696, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie TETU (TESTU)

Born: 27 January 1697, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 25 February 1728, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: René LONGTIN dit JÉRÔME 9 January 1718 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph TESTU dit RIVIERE

Born: 7 May 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 6 June 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marguerite TESTU dite LARIVIERE

Born: 6 March 1704, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 17 March 1704, La Prairie, Canada, New France

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Birth — 1658
30 August 1658
Montréal, Canada, New France

1658 Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

30 Aug 1658

Marguerite Beauvais
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Montreal
Jacques Beauvais - 42 habitant

Jeanne sauleday - 34 sa femme

Raphael beauvais - 12 fils

Barbe beauvais - 10 fille

Marguerite Beauvais - 8 fille

Jean Beauvais - 5 fils

Jean Baptiste beauvais - 3 fils

Jacques Beauvais - 13 mois fils

Et andré Rapin - 24 domestique Engagé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1675 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS and Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) 9 October 1675, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Pierre TESTU dit LARIVIERE was born 21 September 1676, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 18 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) was born 9 August 1677, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 18 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Marguerite TETU (TESTU) was born 22 October 1679 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 21 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Prairie de la Magdelaine
Jacques Testu, 38
Marguerite Beauvais, sa femme, 25

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

1682 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) was born 22 February 1682, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 23 years old.

1684 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) died 14 March 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 25 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) was born 13 November 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 26 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Claude TESTU was born 2 May 1687, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 28 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Catherine TESTU was born 11 December 1689 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 31 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Marie TESTU was born 16 December 1691, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 33 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Jeanne TESTU (TETU) was born 5 June 1694, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 35 years old.

1695 Death of Child
Marie TESTU died 4 February 1695, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 36 years old.

1695 Death of Child
Marie-Charlotte TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) died 17 April 1695, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 36 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Jacques TESTU was born 4 March 1696, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 37 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie TETU (TESTU) was born 27 January 1697, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 38 years old.

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

1698 Marriage of Child
Marguerite TETU (TESTU) married 7 June 1698 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE

1699 Death of Child
Marguerite TETU (TESTU) died 7 June 1699, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Marguerite was 40 years old.

1700 Birth of Child
Joseph TESTU dit RIVIERE was born 7 May 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 41 years old.

1700 Death of Child
Claude TESTU died 1 September 1700 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Marguerite was 42 years old.

1702 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) married 27 November 1702, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY

1704 Birth of Child
Marguerite TESTU dite LARIVIERE was born 6 March 1704, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite was 45 years old.

1705 Marriage of Child
Catherine TESTU married 04 November 1705 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Pierre DENIGER dit SANSOUCY

1712 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) died 3 July 1712, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)