Marie-Marthe PAYAN

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abt. 1653 , Paris, France

Died

20 April 1724 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1653 in Paris, France

Father: Unknown

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Marie-Marthe was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1670.
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Marie-Marthe married Mathurin CORNEAU 6 October 1670 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathurin CORNEAU was born December 1642 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Mathurin died November 1717 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante).

Marie-Marthe PAYAN died 20 April 1724 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France .

daughter of Hilaire Payen and Marie Marguerite Gosselin

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Recorded occupation: Fille du Roi

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Marthe PAYAN married

Mathurin CORNEAU
Marriage date: 6 October 1670
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Jeanne CORNEAU

Born: 23 December 1693, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Died: 15 May 1756, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: René CUILLERIER dit HILAIRE 28 April 1710 Place: Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marthe PAYAN and Mathurin CORNEAU 6 October 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Fille du Roi
Payan, Marie-Marthe, m. Corneau, Mathurin, Oct. 6, 1670
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1692 Birth of Child
Jeanne CORNEAU was born 23 December 1693, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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

1710 Marriage of Child
Jeanne CORNEAU married 28 April 1710, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to René CUILLERIER dit HILAIRE