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Ancestor is complete! immigrant Fille a Marier flag   Marie  POMPONNELLE

Born
abt. 1630 ,  France
Died
18 November 1700 ,  Varennes, Canada, New France
Marie  married  Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE 17 August 1656 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE  was born abt. 1631 in Le Gué d’Alleré, Aunis, Charente Maritime, France.  Nicolas died 26 June 1697 in Varennes, Canada, New France .  Nicolas was the child of Nicolas LEPETIT and Catherine ANCELIN (ASSELIN) .
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Father
Jean POMPONNELLE
Mother
Michelle BOULET

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Marie was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1656. Learn more: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France


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Marie  married  Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE 17 August 1656 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE  was born abt. 1631 in Le Gué d’Alleré, Aunis, Charente Maritime, France.  Nicolas died 26 June 1697 in Varennes, Canada, New France .  Nicolas was the child of Nicolas LEPETIT and Catherine ANCELIN (ASSELIN).
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie POMPONNELLE

Marie POMPONNELLE married immigrant flag male ancestor Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE
Marriage date: 17 August 1656
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783


Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE was the child of Nicolas LEPETIT and Catherine ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Immaculee Conception, Trois Rivieres in Drouin Collection
Nicolas Lepetit and Marie Pompounelle
He is the son of Nicolas Lepetit and Catherine Aurelius? (Anceline)
She is the daughter of Joannis Pompounelle and Michaelas Boulet

Children of Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE and Marie POMPONNELLE


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

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marriage1656 Marriage / Partner
Marie POMPONNELLE and Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE 17 August 1656, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
1657 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Marie-Anne PETIT dite LAPRE was born 2 May 1657, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
1658 Birth of Child
Louis PETIT was born 4 August 1658, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
1660 Birth of Child
Pierre PETIT was born 6 March 1660, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
1661 Birth of Child
Jacques PETIT was born 10 November 1661, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
1662 Birth of Child
Paul PETIT dit LALUMIÈRE was born 1 November 1662, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
1664 Birth of Child
Nicolas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 23 October 1664, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1669 Birth of Child
Marie-Gertrude PETIT was born 29 June 1669, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
1671 Birth of Child
Françoise PETIT dite LAPRE was born 28 June 1671, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
marriage1671 Marriage of Child
Jeanne-Marie-Anne PETIT dite LAPRE married 26 November 1671, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France to Jean GAUTHIER (GAULTIER)
1681 Canadian Census Ville des Trois-Rivieres
Nicolas Petit, 50
Marie Fauconnelle, sa femme, 50
enfants:
Louis, 22
Paul, 19
Nicolas, 17
Michel, 14
Marie, 12
Francoise, 10

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
marriage1683 Marriage of Child
Marie-Gertrude PETIT married 8 November 1683, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Nicolas SENECAL
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Louis PETIT married 7 January 1686, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE
marriage1689 Marriage of Child
Françoise PETIT dite LAPRE married 10 January 1689, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Leonard LALUE dit LAMONTAGNE
marriage1691 Marriage of Child
Paul PETIT dit LALUMIÈRE married 8 January 1691, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)
marriage1693 Marriage of Child
Nicolas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN married 18 October 1693, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie RÉGUINDEAU
1697 Death of Spouse/Partner
Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE died 26 June 1697, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Invention 1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)
marriage1699 Marriage of Child
Michel PETIT married 4 February 1699, Varennes, Canada, New France to Madeleine LUSSIER
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