Marie MAJOR

(b. 26 February 1637 , St-Thomas-de-Touques, Normandie, France d. 8 December 1689 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Marie MAJOR was born 26 February 1637 in St-Thomas-de-Touques, Normandie, France

Marie MAJOR was the child of ? and ?

Marie was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1668.
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Marie married Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS 11 September 1668 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 23 March 1635 in Burgundy, France. Antoine died 10 July 1684 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Antoine was the child of Olivier ROY and Anne BOUDARD.

Marie MAJOR died 8 December 1689 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Daughter of Jean Major and Marguerite Lepele.

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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 MAJOR married

Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS-- Date: 11 September 1668 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Olivier ROY and Anne BOUDARD

Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Anotine, son of Olivier Roy and Catherine Boderge
Marie, daughter of Jean Major and Marguerite Le Pele

Children of Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie MAJOR:

Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER (b.abt. 1669, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1734, Repentigny, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne MARTIN 12 February 1691 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
m. Angélique AUTIN 25 November 1710 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
m. Marie-Charlotte DELUGRE 30 October 1727 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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