Marie-Catherine GUILLET

(b. 8 February 1656 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 19 January 1717 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France )

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Marie-Catherine GUILLET was born 8 February 1656 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine GUILLET was the child of Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Jeanne ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX and the grandchild of: (maternal) Étienne ST-PERE dit CHAMPOUX and Marie-Madeleine COUTEAU (COUSTEAU)

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

Marie-Catherine married Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER 18 November 1669 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children. Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER was born abt. 1641 in France. Jacques died 22 November 1687 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine).

Marie-Catherine married (2) Sebastien PROVENCHER 14 May 1691 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Sebastien PROVENCHER was born abt. 1634 in France. Sebastien died abt. 1710 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) .

Marie-Catherine GUILLET died 19 January 1717 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France .
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Marie-Catherine GUILLET married

Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER-- Date: 18 November 1669 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

NOTE: Marie Catherine Guillet is referred to as widow of Jacques Masse in her second marriage to Sebastien Provencher -- Drouin Collection

According to PRDH, a marriage contract was signed between Jacques Masse and Catherine Guillet at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada in 1669.

"...on 18 November 1669 before notary Jean Cusson, he signed a marriage contract uniting his destiny to that of Marie-Catherine Guillet, daughter of Pierre Guillet and Jeanne de Saint-Pere, living in Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Catherine had been born at Quebec on 18 June 1656. Her father was a master carpenter and it was he who seems to have built most the first houses at Cap-de-la-Madeleine. In the marriage contract, Jacques is mentioned as being the son of Jacques Masse and Philippe David, from Saint-Pierre-Chausse (Chole or Cholet), in Anjou... At his marriage, for which the religious act is lost, Jacques was 28 years old (even though the census of 1666 gives him 30 years) and Catherine was but 13."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 192

Children of Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER and Marie-Catherine GUILLET:

Simone MASSÉ (b.abt. 1670, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1744, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France )
m. Louis PROVENCHER 14 MAY 1691 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Anne MASSÉ (b.abt. 1673, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Sebastien PROVENCHER 22 August 1694 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Louis MASSÉ (b.25 May 1676, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. abt. 1720, )
m. Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER 2 August 1702 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jacques MASSÉ (b.abt. 1678, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 13 August 1687, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France )

Marie-Catherine MASSÉ (b.9 January 1680, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 14 December 1746 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre PETIT dit MILHOMME 20 December 1694 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Nicolas GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) abt. 1713 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Angélique MASSÉ (b.6 October 1682, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. abt. 1709, )
m. Michel CREVIER dit BELLERIVE 3 June 1709 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Louise MASSÉ (b.1 May 1685, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. abt. 1703, )
m. François PERROT (PERRAULT) 10 February 1703 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER (b.9 August 1687, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1754, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France )
m. Geneviève LEBLANC dite LABRIE 18 February 1716 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine GUILLET married

Sebastien PROVENCHER-- Date: 14 May 1691 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

"After a few years of widowhood, Catherine Guillet yielded to the importuning of Sebastien Provencher, widower of Maguerite Manchon. In the forenoon of 27 April 1691, the venerable notary Jean Cusson himself, presided at the home of the widow... Sebastien and Catherine accepted a contract... The nuptial ceremony followed the signing of the contract by little more than two weeks. It took place on 14 May, at the same time as the wedding of Louis Provencher, son of Sebastien, to Simonne Masse, daughter of Catherine."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 193

Children of Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marie-Catherine GUILLET:

Jeanne PROVENCHER (b.14 February 1692, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 2 August 1750, Champlain, Canada, New France )
m. Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY 18 November 1715 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie PROVENCHER (b.abt. 1693, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 November 1745, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE 19 January 1717 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Madeleine PROVENCHER (b.12 April 1698, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1743, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France )
m. François-Marie DIDIER 3 October 1734 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1656 Birth
8 February 1656
Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

'Marie-Catherine was born in 1656 and married in 1669 to Jacques Masse dit Beaumier from Anjou she was remarried in 1691 to Sebastien Provencher, who was from the Cap and Becancour.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 99

1656 - Baptism
Baptism - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
16 Feb 1656 - Marie Cather. Guillet, b. 8 Feb 1656
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
pierre guillet dit la Jeunesse - 40 habitant

Jeanne Saint pere - 37 sa femme

Mathurin guillet - 16 fils

Jeanne Guillet - 12 fille

Anne guillet - 11 fille

Catherine guillet - 10 fille

Louis Guillet - 8 fils

Marie Guillet - 6 fille

Marguerite Guillet - 5 fille

Pierre Guillet - 3 fils

Joseph guillet - 2 fils

Geneviefve guillet - 3 mois fille

& Nicolas chacheu - 19 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1669 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine GUILLET and Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER 18 November 1669, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 13 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Louis MASSÉ was born 25 May 1676, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Catherine was 20 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine MASSÉ was born 9 January 1680, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine was 23 years old.

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

1682 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique MASSÉ was born 6 October 1682, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine was 26 years old.

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1685 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MASSÉ was born 1 May 1685, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine was 29 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER was born 9 August 1687, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine was 31 years old.

1687 Death of Child
Jacques MASSÉ died 13 August 1687, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine was 31 years old.

1687 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER died 22 November 1687, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1691 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine GUILLET and Sebastien PROVENCHER 14 May 1691, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

She was 35 years old.

Marie-Catherine GUILLET - 1691 Marriage Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Cap-de-la-Madeleine

1691 Marriage Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Cap-de-la-Madeleine
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1691 Marriage of Child
Simone MASSÉ married 14 MAY 1691, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Louis PROVENCHER

1692 Birth of Child
Jeanne PROVENCHER was born 14 February 1692, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine was 36 years old.

1694 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne MASSÉ married 22 August 1694, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Sebastien PROVENCHER

1694 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine MASSÉ married 20 December 1694, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Pierre PETIT dit MILHOMME

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

1698 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine PROVENCHER was born 12 April 1698, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Catherine was 42 years old.

1702 Marriage of Child
Louis MASSÉ married 2 August 1702, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER

1703 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise MASSÉ married 10 February 1703, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to François PERROT (PERRAULT)

1709 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique MASSÉ married 3 June 1709, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Michel CREVIER dit BELLERIVE

'On 6 January, an agreement by the heirs, to sell the estate of Sebastien and Catherine to Louis Provencher, tells us that our two ancestors probably died at the same time, or nearly so, about the end of 1710. Sebastien lived to be 82 or 83 years old and Catherine, 56 years old.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 210

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1715 Marriage of Child
Jeanne PROVENCHER married 18 November 1715, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY

1716 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER married 18 February 1716, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Geneviève LEBLANC dite LABRIE

1717 Death
19 January 1717
Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She died at the age of 60.

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