Marie-Madeleine PESCHER

Born

June 1649 , Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

Died

19 November 1728 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine married Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL 31 December 1672 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL was born abt. 1646 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Jean-Marie-Victor-François died 5 January 1716 in Sorel, Canada, New France .

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Marie-Madeleine was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1672.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Madeleine PESCHER

Marie-Madeleine PESCHER married

Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL
Marriage date: 31 December 1672
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

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NOTE: PRDH has no official record of this marriage, however it is well documented through the baptisms of their many children, the first one being in 1678 in Trois-Rivieres.

Children of Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL and Marie-Madeleine PESCHER

Michel-Jean HAREL

Born: abt. 1672, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 December 1695, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Thérèse-Marguerite HAREL

Born: abt. 1673, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 30 November 1718, Sorel, Canada, New France

Married: Nicolas BAILLARGEON dit BOCAGE 1696 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Françoise HAREL

Born: 22 April 1678 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 13 November 1756, Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST 4 July 1696 Place: Champlain, Canada, New France

Married: François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT 7 January 1709 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Married: Richard OSSANT (AUSSAN) 6 February 1728 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Jacques RAIMBAULT 21 June 1737 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France

François HAREL

Born: 22 April 1680, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Died: 2 October 1741, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Angélique BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER) (BOUTILLIER) 14 April 1709 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-Louis HAREL

Born: 9 September 1682 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Died: 22 July 1725, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Married: Claude-Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 2 March 1710 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Marie-Jacqueline HAREL

Born: 4 June 1684 , Nicolet, Canada, New France
Died: 20 June 1713, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE 22 November 1700 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-François HAREL

Born: 24 March 1685, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 7 August 1738, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Madeleine BRUNET 17 September 1703 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne HAREL

Born: 1 March 1687, Champlain, Canada, New France
Died: 23 May 1769, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jacques FORCIER 10 October 1706 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Marie-Clemence-Jeanne HAREL

Born: abt. 1689, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 April 1757, Yamaska, Canada, New France

Married: Isaac-Pierre PELISSIER dit LAFEUILLADE 10 October 1714 Place: Sorel, 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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Birth — 1649
June 1649
Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671

Pescher, Marie, m. Harel, Jean, 1671 or 1672

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

1672 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine PESCHER and Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL 31 December 1672, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 23 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise HAREL was born 22 April 1678 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 28 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
François HAREL was born 22 April 1680, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Madeleine was 30 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Louis HAREL was born 9 September 1682 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Madeleine was 33 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Jacqueline HAREL was born 4 June 1684 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Madeleine was 35 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-François HAREL was born 24 March 1685, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 35 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne HAREL was born 1 March 1687, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Madeleine was 37 years old.

1695 Death of Child
Michel-Jean HAREL died 21 December 1695, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 46 years old.

1696 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise HAREL married 4 July 1696, Champlain, Canada, New France to Pierre BLANCHET dit LAFOREST

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

1700 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jacqueline HAREL married 22 November 1700, Sorel, Canada, New France to Pierre PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE

1703 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-François HAREL married 17 September 1703 , Montréal, Canada, New France to Marie-Madeleine BRUNET

1706 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne HAREL married 10 October 1706, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France to Jacques FORCIER

1709 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise HAREL married 7 January 1709 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France to François PELOQUIN dit CREDIT

1709 Marriage of Child
François HAREL married 14 April 1709 , Longueuil, Canada, New France to Marie-Angélique BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER) (BOUTILLIER)

1710 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Louis HAREL married 2 March 1710, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France to Claude-Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

1713 Death of Child
Marie-Jacqueline HAREL died 20 June 1713, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Madeleine was 64 years old.

1714 Marriage of Child
Marie-Clemence-Jeanne HAREL married 10 October 1714, Sorel, Canada, New France to Isaac-Pierre PELISSIER dit LAFEUILLADE

1716 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL died 5 January 1716, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1718 Death of Child
Thérèse-Marguerite HAREL died 30 November 1718, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Madeleine was 69 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1725 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Louis HAREL died 22 July 1725, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine was 76 years old.

Death — 1728
19 November 1728
Montréal, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 79.

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