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Ancestor is complete! immigrant Fille du Roi flag   Marie-Jeanne  DEVAULT (DEVEAU) (DEVEAULT)

Marie-Jeanne  married  Antoine EMERY dit CODERRE April 1673 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Antoine EMERY dit CODERRE  was born 6 August 1643 in Sarrazac, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.  Antoine died 10 February 1716 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . 

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Marie-Jeanne was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1673.
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Marie-Jeanne  married  Antoine EMERY dit CODERRE April 1673 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Antoine EMERY dit CODERRE  was born 6 August 1643 in Sarrazac, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.  Antoine died 10 February 1716 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . 




Daughter of Jacques Deveau and Louise Poill (or Folure)
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Recorded occupation: Fille du Roi

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Jeanne DEVAULT (DEVEAU) (DEVEAULT)

Marie-Jeanne DEVAULT (DEVEAU) (DEVEAULT) married immigrant Carignan-Salières Soldier flag  Antoine EMERY dit CODERRE
Marriage date: April 1673
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Saint-Trinite-de-Contrecoeur, Contrecoeur, QC, Canada in Drouin Collection
Antoine Aymerie did Coudert, son of Mesny Aymerie and Marguerite Pasqual
Marie Devaulx, daughter of Jacques De Vaulx and Louise Folbe
"Who was this brave wife? A daughter of the king, Marie Devault, born about 1649 at Nogent-le-Roi, arrondissement of Dreux, diocese of Chartres, now in l'Eure-et-Loir. Her father and mother were Jacques Devault and Louise Folure. At the time of her marriage, she brought property worth 200 livres tournois. Like her husband, she could not write."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 93


So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Antoine EMERY dit CODERRE and Marie-Jeanne DEVAULT (DEVEAU) (DEVEAULT)


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BirthBirth — 1647
3 April 1647
Chartres-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
1671 Birth of Child
Pierre EMERY was born 29 January 1671, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Jeanne was 23 years old.
1672 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste EMERY was born 2 April 1672, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Jeanne was 25 years old.
marriage1673 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne DEVAULT (DEVEAU) (DEVEAULT) and Antoine EMERY dit CODERRE April 1673, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 26 years old.
1674 Birth of Child
Louis EMERY dit CODERRE was born 14 March 1674, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Jeanne was 26 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
Marie EMERY was born 6 February 1676, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Jeanne was 28 years old.
1677 Birth of Child
Antoine EMERY was born 4 February 1677, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Jeanne was 29 years old.
1678 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine EMERY dite CODERRE was born 27 February 1678, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Jeanne was 30 years old.
1680 Birth of Child
Marguerite EMERY dite CODERRE was born 10 May 1680, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Jeanne was 33 years old.
1682 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise EMERY dite CODERRE was born 3 October 1682, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Jeanne was 35 years old.
1684 Birth of Child
Anne EMERY was born 24 December 1684, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Jeanne was 37 years old.
1685 Death of Child
Anne EMERY died 3 January 1685, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Jeanne was 37 years old.
marriage1685 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth EMERY married 8 January 1685, Contrecœur, Canada, New France to Nicolas BONIN dit ST-MARTIN
1687 Birth of Child
Marie EMERY was born October 1687, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Jeanne was 40 years old.
1687 Death
'...Marie Devault died on 6 December 1687. She was buried the next day at Repentigny at the same time as her last little girl who was 6 weeks old...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 94
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