Marie-Marguerite RITON

Born

abt. 1627 , La Roche-Sur-Yon, France

Died

13 November 1672 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite married Leonard LEBLANC 23 August 1650 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Leonard LEBLANC was born abt. 1626 in Haute-Vienne à Blanzac, Saint-Martin, France. Leonard died 6 October 1691 in Québec, Canada, New France .

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Marie-Marguerite was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1650. Learn more: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France

Daughter of Robert Riton and Margurite Guyon

NOTE: Death record does not exist in Drouin Collection. Records are sporadic for this timeframe.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Marguerite RITON

Marie-Marguerite RITON married

Leonard LEBLANC
Marriage date: 23 August 1650
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Marriage notes:

Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

Leonard Le Blanc, son of Leonard Le Blanc and Jeanne Fay

Marie Ritoy, daughter of Robin Ritoy and Marguerite Gyon

Children of Leonard LEBLANC and Marie-Marguerite RITON

Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC

Born: 3 May 1651, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 10 July 1729, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre VALLEE 12 January 1665 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Toussaint GIROUX 29 October 1686 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Noel LEBLANC

Born: 14 January 1653, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 10 June 1686, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Felicite PICARD 14 January 1686 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Louise LEBLANC

Born: 25 December 1654 , Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 15 November 1732, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Michel LECOURS 13 February 1667 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Guillaume BOISSEL 27 November 1686 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Paul BOUCHARD 18 November 1687 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Marguerite LEBLANC

Born: 2 September 1656, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 13 February 1725, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre-Marie BAZIN 19 July 1670 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Elisabeth LEBLANC

Born: 15 January 1658, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 15 February 1727, L'Islet, Canada, New France

Married: René CLOUTIER 13 November 1672 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Jeanne LEBLANC

Born: 18 October 1659, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1739, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre MOREL 26 December 1675 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Françoise LEBLANC

Born: 18 January 1662, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 October 1745, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean PROVOST (PREVOST) 16 January 1678 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre DELORME dit SANSCRAINTE 18 February 1709 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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1650 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite RITON and Leonard LEBLANC 23 August 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1651 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC was born 3 May 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1653 Birth of Child
Noel LEBLANC was born 14 January 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1654 Birth of Child
Louise LEBLANC was born 25 December 1654 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1656 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEBLANC was born 2 September 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1658 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth LEBLANC was born 15 January 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1659 Birth of Child
Jeanne LEBLANC was born 18 October 1659, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1662 Birth of Child
Françoise LEBLANC was born 18 January 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1665 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse LEBLANC married 12 January 1665, Québec, Canada, New France to Pierre VALLEE

1666 Habittans de Beauport

Leonnard leblanc ............................40 masson habittant

Marie Ritton ………………………….43 sa femme

Noel leblanc …………………………..13 fils

Margueritte leblanc …………………….9 fille

Marie leblanc …………………………7 fine

Jeanne leblanc …………………………6 fille

Et francoise leblanc ……………………3 fille

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The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1667 Marriage of Child
Louise LEBLANC married 13 February 1667, Québec, Canada, New France to Michel LECOURS

1670 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LEBLANC married 19 July 1670, Québec, Canada, New France to Pierre-Marie BAZIN