Marie-Catherine PILLAT

Born

30 March 1646 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

23 July 1717 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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, Canada, New France .

Marie-Catherine married 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, Canada, New France .

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Marie-Catherine was a Fille du Roi

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

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Occupation

Recorded occupation: Fille du Roi

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Catherine PILLAT

Marie-Catherine PILLAT married

Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME
Marriage date: 19 October 1665
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Marie-Catherine PILLAT and Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Marriage notes:

Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Pierre Charron and Catherine Pillart

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

Children of Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marie-Catherine PILLAT

Catherine CHARRON

Born: 23 September 1666, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 5 June 1746, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: François CHAGNON dit LAROSE 23 July 1679 Place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Married: Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT) 10 October 1694 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France

Marie-Charlotte CHARRON

Born: 30 November 1668, Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Died: 20 December 1720, Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Married: Claude-Louis LEMAIRE 30 November 1686 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ 31 December 1691 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France

Antoinette-Anne CHARRON

Born: 18 October 1670, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 5 October 1745, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre GOGUET (GOYETTE) 18 April 1686 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Pierre CHARRON

Born: abt. 1672, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 September 1737, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine ROBIN 4 November 1697 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Marie GAUTHIER 18 July 1734 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Marie-Thérèse CHARRON

Born: 26 February 1674, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1711, Sorel, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques HUBERT dit PARISIEN 21 February 1689 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine PIETTE dit TREMPE 30 January 1701 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France

Nicolas CHARRON

Born: 16 March 1676, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 8 September 1757, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Marie VIAU 15 January 1703 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

François CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Born: 5 June 1678, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 29 March 1746, Sorel, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite PIETTE dite TREMPE 30 January 1701 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France

Catherine CHARRON

Born: 22 September 1680, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 9 June 1739, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Guillaume ADAM dit LARAMÉE 24 February 1701 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Helene CHARRON

Born: 2 November 1682, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 8 March 1738, Longueuil, Canada, New France

Married: Charles EDELINE 7 February 1701 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME

Born: 17 October 1684, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 14 September 1741, Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Madeleine GUERTIN 18 February 1711 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Geneviève BOUCHER 4 May 1733 Place: Berthierville, Canada, New France

Louise CHARRON

Born: 4 September 1686, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 13 December 1741, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Married: Michel COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE 19 February 1703 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne CHARRON

Born: 7 May 1688, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 21 November 1719, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Married: François BOUTEILLE (BOUTEILLER) dit BONNEVILLE 1706 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine PILLAT married

Sebastien BRISSON dit LAROCHE
Marriage date: 13 January 1709
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Children of Sebastien BRISSON dit LAROCHE and Marie-Catherine PILLAT

No children are currently listed for this couple.

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Québec Place Names Through History

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

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Birth — 1646
30 March 1646
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

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

Fille du Roi

Pillat, Catherine, m. 1. Charron, Pierre, dit Ducharme, Oct. 19, 1665, m. 2. Brisson, Sébastien, dit Laroche, Jan. 13, 1709

Source / record details
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1665 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine PILLAT and Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME 19 October 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 19 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Catherine CHARRON was born 23 September 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Catherine was 20 years old.

1668 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte CHARRON was born 30 November 1668, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Catherine was 22 years old.

1670 Birth of Child
Antoinette-Anne CHARRON was born 18 October 1670, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Catherine was 24 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse CHARRON was born 26 February 1674, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Catherine was 27 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Nicolas CHARRON was born 16 March 1676, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Catherine was 29 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
François CHARRON dit DUCHARME was born 5 June 1678, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Catherine was 32 years old.

1679 Marriage of Child
Catherine CHARRON married 23 July 1679, Contrecœur, Canada, New France to François CHAGNON dit LAROSE

1680 Birth of Child
Catherine CHARRON was born 22 September 1680, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Catherine was 34 years old.

1681 Longueuil

Pierre Charon, 42 ans; Catherine Pillar, sa femme, 30 ans; enfants: Catherine, 15 ans; Marie, 13 ans; Pierre, 10 ans; Therese, 8 ans; Nicolas, 3 ans; Catherine, 1 an; 1 vache; 2 arpents en valeur.

Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 65

1682 Birth of Child
Helene CHARRON was born 2 November 1682, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marie-Catherine was 36 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME was born 17 October 1684, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marie-Catherine was 38 years old.

1686 Marriage of Child
Antoinette-Anne CHARRON married 18 April 1686, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Pierre GOGUET (GOYETTE)

1686 Birth of Child
Louise CHARRON was born 4 September 1686, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marie-Catherine was 40 years old.

1686 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte CHARRON married 30 November 1686, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Claude-Louis LEMAIRE

1688 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne CHARRON was born 7 May 1688, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marie-Catherine was 42 years old.

1689 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse CHARRON married 21 February 1689, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Jacques HUBERT dit PARISIEN

1691 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte CHARRON married 31 December 1691, Verchères, Canada, New France to Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ

1694 Marriage of Child
Catherine CHARRON married 10 October 1694, Verchères, Canada, New France to Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT)

1697 Marriage of Child
Pierre CHARRON married 4 November 1697 , Boucherville, Canada, New France to Madeleine ROBIN

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

1700 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME died 25 December 1700, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1701 Marriage of Child
François CHARRON dit DUCHARME married 30 January 1701, Sorel, Canada, New France to Marguerite PIETTE dite TREMPE

1701 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse CHARRON married 30 January 1701, Sorel, Canada, New France to Antoine PIETTE dit TREMPE

1701 Marriage of Child
Helene CHARRON married 7 February 1701, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Charles EDELINE

1701 Marriage of Child
Catherine CHARRON married 24 February 1701, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Guillaume ADAM dit LARAMÉE

1703 Marriage of Child
Nicolas CHARRON married 15 January 1703, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Marie VIAU

1703 Marriage of Child
Louise CHARRON married 19 February 1703, Longueuil, Canada, New France to Michel COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE

1709 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine PILLAT and Sebastien BRISSON dit LAROCHE 13 January 1709 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 62 years old.

1711 Marriage of Child
Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME married 18 February 1711, Verchères, Canada, New France to Marie-Madeleine GUERTIN

1717 Death

Death found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

23 July 1717

Catherine Pilat Charon

Source / record details
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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