Marie-Jeanne-Madeleine
LEGARDEUR
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Born: 31 January 1698 in Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne-Madeleine LEGARDEUR died 25 February 1739 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Recorded occupation: Ursuline nun
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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Birth — 169831 January 1698
Montréal, Canada, New France
LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY, MARIE-JEANNE-MADELEINE, dite de Sainte-Agathe, Ursuline nun; baptized 31 Jan. 1698 at Montreal, daughter of Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny and Agathe de Saint-Père*; d. 25 Feb. 1739 at the Ursuline convent in Quebec.
After her studies at the boarding-school of the Ursulines of Quebec, Madeleine Legardeur returned to her family, and soon began to shine in Montreal society. She was to marry her cousin, an officer in the colonial regular troops, but he died accidentally. At first she was deeply afflicted; then she began once more to frequent balls and promenades. In July 1717, perhaps because she had not recovered her peace of mind, she asked to be admitted to the Ursuline order of Quebec.
The annals of the convent relate that during the first years she underwent “the most violent temptations to renounce her vocation.” To overcome them, she placed her trust in Notre-Dame du Grand Pouvoir; the annals add that her fits of anguish vanished. Mother...Read full story
Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
Death — 173925 February 1739
Québec, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 41.
Record added: 12/20/2015 11:05:16 AM
Last updated: 4/21/2016 4:39:51 PM
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