Madeleine DUBOIS

Born

abt. 1640 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

5 March 1721 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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Isaac DUBOIS Anne RICHER

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Born: abt. 1640 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Father: Isaac DUBOIS

Mother: Anne RICHER

Madeleine was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1661. Learn more: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France

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Madeleine married Michel BAUGIS 19 October 1661 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Michel BAUGIS was born abt. 1638 in France. Michel died 26 November 1717 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport).

Madeleine never married (2) Jean ROYER abt. 1662 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean ROYER was born abt. 1635 in Saint-Cosme-en-Varais, France.

Madeleine DUBOIS died 5 March 1721 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France .

daughter of Isaac Dubois and Anne Richer

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Marriageable Girls: The Filles à Marier

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Spouse & Children of Madeleine DUBOIS

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Madeleine DUBOIS married

Michel BAUGIS
Marriage date: 19 October 1661
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Children of Michel BAUGIS and Madeleine DUBOIS

Jean BAUGIS

Born: 10 August 1663, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 October 1720, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Jeanne-Thérèse PARENT 11 January 1689 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Marguerite BAUGIS

Born: 11 July 1666, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 April 1737, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre PARENT 23 November 1683 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Marie-Anne BAUGIS

Born: 27 January 1669, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 24 January 1747, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre CHORET 21 January 1686 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Louise BAUGIS

Born: 22 November 1672, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 8 December 1672, Québec, Canada, New France

Jeanne BAUGIS

Born: abt. 1675, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 November 1760, Québec, Canada

Married: François LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY 17 September 1696 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Michel BAUGIS

Born: abt. 1679, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 May 1756, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Angelique SENARD 9 November 1699 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Married: Marie-Michelle MIVILLE dite DESCHENES 2 June 1704 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite PERRIER 2 December 1726 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Madeleine DUBOIS never married

Jean ROYER
Marriage date: abt. 1662
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NOTE: This couple never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Jean ROYER and Madeleine DUBOIS

Marie-Madeleine ROYER dite BAUGIS

Born: 7 February 1662, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 March 1743, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques MENARD dit DESLAURIERS 28 November 1680 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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Biography
Madeleine Dubois was the mother of several children, but her oldest was conceived with another man before she got married. Madeleine was born in La Rochelle, France in about 1640 to Isaac Dubois and Anne Richer. Isaac was a 'master wool comber.' She had at least two sisters, neither of whom came to America.

In 1661, Madeleine traveled on her own to New France, offering herself as a marriageable woman. Upon arrival in Quebec, she seems to have gotten involved with a man named Jean Royer, by whom she became pregnant, but they didn’t get married. Instead, Madeleine married Michel Baugis at his home in Beauport on October 19th. Royer went on to marry another woman, Marie Targer, who arrived in New France two years later among the first ships carrying the Filles du Roi. He would have seven children with his wife, but died in 1675 at the age of 40.

Madeleine gave birth to baby girl on February 7, 1662, and the child took the name of her step-father, Baugis. Michel and Madeleine went...Read full story

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

1661 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DUBOIS and Michel BAUGIS 19 October 1661, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1662 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine ROYER dite BAUGIS was born 7 February 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1663 Birth of Child
Jean BAUGIS was born 10 August 1663, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Marguerite BAUGIS was born 11 July 1666, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1669 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BAUGIS was born 27 January 1669, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1672 Birth of Child
Louise BAUGIS was born 22 November 1672, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1680 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine ROYER dite BAUGIS married 28 November 1680, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Jacques MENARD dit DESLAURIERS

1683 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BAUGIS married 23 November 1683, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Pierre PARENT

1686 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BAUGIS married 21 January 1686, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Pierre CHORET

1689 Marriage of Child
Jean BAUGIS married 11 January 1689, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Marie-Jeanne-Thérèse PARENT

1696 Marriage of Child
Jeanne BAUGIS married 17 September 1696, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to François LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY

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

1699 Marriage of Child
Michel BAUGIS married 9 November 1699, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Angelique SENARD

1704 Marriage of Child
Michel BAUGIS married 2 June 1704, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie-Michelle MIVILLE dite DESCHENES