Marguerite GUILLET

Born

17 August 1660 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

12 July 1737 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

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Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE Jeanne ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX

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Born: 17 August 1660 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE

Mother: Jeanne ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX

Maternal grandparents: Étienne ST-PERE dit CHAMPOUX , Marie-Madeleine COUTEAU (COUSTEAU)

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Marguerite married Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR abt. 1676 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR was born abt. 1648 in France. Pierre died 6 June 1732 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).

Marguerite GUILLET died 12 July 1737 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France .
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Marguerite GUILLET married

Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR
Marriage date: abt. 1676
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

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Children of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR and Marguerite GUILLET

Catherine DESHAYES (DESHAIES)

Born: 18 September 1678, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 19 January 1750, Champlain, Canada, New France

Married: Barthelemy DAVID 11 May 1701 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Married: René DURAND dit DESMARCHAIS 27 April 1711 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite DESHAIES

Born: 30 October 1680, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Francoise DESHAIES

Born: 2 April 1683, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 15 March 1758, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR

Born: 28 November 1687, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Josephte ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 7 February 1718 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Anne DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR

Born: 31 January 1690, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 10 March 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste DAVID dit LACOURSE 15 November 1713 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Angelique DESHAYES

Born: 2 October 1692, Batiscan, Canada, New France
Died: 21 October 1754, Batiscan, Canada, New France

Married: Francois ARSENAULT 4 February 1726 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR

Born: abt. 1694, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 August 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Josephte MOREAU 17 November 1722 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Married: Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE 17 July 1744 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis-Michel DESHAIES

Born: 21 February 1697, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY

Born: 19 November 1700, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 29 March 1790, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL 7 January 1733 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR

Born: abt. 1702, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 26 October 1774, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-François DESROSIERS 1 February 1723 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Married: Jean-Baptiste LEDUC 9 January 1736 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Augustin DESHAIES

Born: abt. 1704, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 December 1778, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Anne-Celeste BOURBEAU 30 August 1737 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Jeanne DESHAIES

Born: 26 February 1706, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: March 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Francois FRIGON 30 August 1735 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1660
17 August 1660
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

'Marguerite was born in 1660 and married Pierre Deshayes in 1677. He was a carpenter and militia captain.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 100

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Canadian Census - Trois Rivieres
pierre guillet dit la Jeunesse - 40 habitant

Jeanne Saint pere - 37 sa femme

Mathurin guillet - 16 fils

Jeanne Guillet - 12 fille

Anne guillet - 11 fille

Catherine guillet - 10 fille

Louis Guillet - 8 fils

Marie Guillet - 6 fille

Marguerite Guillet - 5 fille

Pierre Guillet - 3 fils

Joseph guillet - 2 fils

Geneviefve guillet - 3 mois fille

& Nicolas chacheu - 19 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1678 Birth of Child
Catherine DESHAYES (DESHAIES) was born 18 September 1678, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 18 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESHAIES was born 30 October 1680, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 20 years old.

1683 Birth of Child
Francoise DESHAIES was born 2 April 1683, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 22 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR was born 28 November 1687, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 27 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR was born 31 January 1690, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 29 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique DESHAYES was born 2 October 1692, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marguerite was 32 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Louis-Michel DESHAIES was born 21 February 1697, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 36 years old.

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

1700 Birth of Child
Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY was born 19 November 1700, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 40 years old.

1701 Marriage of Child
Catherine DESHAYES (DESHAIES) married 11 May 1701, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Barthelemy DAVID

1706 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne DESHAIES was born 26 February 1706, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite was 45 years old.

1711 Marriage of Child
Catherine DESHAYES (DESHAIES) married 27 April 1711, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to René DURAND dit DESMARCHAIS

1713 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR married 15 November 1713, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Jean-Baptiste DAVID dit LACOURSE

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR married 7 February 1718, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Josephte ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

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

1722 Marriage of Child
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR married 17 November 1722 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Josephte MOREAU

1723 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR married 1 February 1723, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Jean-François DESROSIERS

1726 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique DESHAYES married 4 February 1726, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Francois ARSENAULT

1732 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR died 6 June 1732, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1733 Marriage of Child
Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY married 7 January 1733, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL

1735 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne DESHAIES married 30 August 1735 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Francois FRIGON

1736 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR married 9 January 1736, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Jean-Baptiste LEDUC

Death — 1737
12 July 1737
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 76.

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