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Born: 25 May 1676 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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Louis  married  Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER 2 August 1702 in Québec Province, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER  was born 23 April 1678 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France .  Marie-Catherine died 23 November 1745 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France .  Marie-Catherine was the child of Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marguerite MANCHON.

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Louis MASSÉ married flag female ancestor Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER
Marriage date: 2 August 1702
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal


Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER was the child of Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marguerite MANCHON

Marriage notes:
PRDH indicates that Louis Masse and Catherine Provencher signed a contract of marriage at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada in 1702.
"Louis (ancestor of the Masse branch), born in 1676 and married in 1702 to Catherine Provencher."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 194
"Marie-Catherine, born in 1678 and married in 1702 to Louis Masse."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 211

Children of Louis MASSÉ and Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER


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Québec Genealogy Notes

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

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BirthBirth — 1676
25 May 1676
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
1681 Canadian Census Le Cap
Jacques Mace (Masse dit Baumier), 40
Catherine Guillet, sa femme, 27
enfants:
Simone, 11
Marie, 8
Louis, 5
Jacques, 3

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
marriage1702 Marriage / Partner
Louis MASSÉ and Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER 2 August 1702, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 26 years old.
1705 Birth of Child
Louis MASSÉ was born 20 March 1705, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Louis was 28 years old.
1711 Birth of Child
Charles-Antoine MASSÉ was born 22 August 1711, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Louis was 35 years old.
1713 Birth of Child
François MASSÉ was born 1 October 1713, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Louis was 37 years old.
1716 Birth of Child
Charles MASSÉ was born 15 January 1716 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louis was 39 years old.
1718 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MASSÉ was born 7 February 1718, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louis was 41 years old.
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