Marie-Catherine  PILLAT

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Marie-Catherine PILLAT was born 30 March 1646 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Marie-Catherine PILLAT was the child of ?   and   ?

Marie-Catherine was a Fille du Roi

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

Marie-Catherine  married  Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME 19 October 1665 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME  was born 21 October 1635 in Meaux-Sud, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.  Pierre died 25 December 1700 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). 

Marie-Catherine  married  (2) Sebastien BRISSON dit LAROCHE 13 January 1709 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  Sebastien BRISSON dit LAROCHE  was born abt. 1671 in France.  Sebastien died 29 August 1747 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). 

Marie-Catherine PILLAT died 23 July 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France .





There is a debate as to whether she was a member of the Huron First Nation or whether she was a Fille du Roi

possibly the daughter of Pierre Pillat and Marguerite Moulinet or Bourricaud

See nationalpost.com news canada a-new-world-mystery-how-a-17th-century-french-woman-became-indigenous-then-became-white-again for an interesting article on the subject

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