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Catherine BARRE was born
abt. 1640
in France.
Catherine BARRE
was the child of
Catherine was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1665.
She married Mathurin CHAILLE (CHAYER) 11 January 1665 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children. Mathurin CHAILLE (CHAYER) was born 2 May 1633 in France. He died 23 July 1707 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).
Catherine BARRE died 17 July 1707 in Québec, Canada, New France .
Daughter of Jacques Barre and Francoise Gauvritte
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Over time, Quebec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Catherine BARRE married
Mathurin CHAILLE (CHAYER)-- Date: 11 January 1665 Place: Québec, Canada, New France (CANADA) - Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
"Catherine Barre, a young woman protected by the king, arrived in the country in the summer of 1664, it seems. She was the daughter of Jacques Barre and of Francoise Gauvrite, from Saint-Martin-de-RE in Aunis, diocese of La Rochelle. Catherine was a serious girl about 20 years old. Maurice Rivet, a lad from La Rochelle, spoke to her of marriage in the autumn of 1664. However, ancestor Rivet found serious competition in the person of Mathurin Chaille and gave up his marriage contract on 17 November of the same year. Mathurin courted Catherine until she accepted and decided to be united with im in the gonds of matrimony."
"At Beauport, on Tuesday, 30 December 1664, the house of Jacques Lamarie and of Marie Morin, his wife and Catherine's chaperone, was filled with visitors in their Sunday clothes... Notary Vachon read aloud Mathurin and Catherine's marriage contract. Everyone witnessed these civil promised drawn up according to the Coutume de Paris. The bride signed with elegance."
"In the chapel of Beauport, on Sunday, 11 January 1665, Father Charles de Lauzon, Sieur de Charny, blessed the union of Mathurin and Catherine in the presence of witnesses recorded in the registry of Notre-Dame de Quebec: Jacques Lemarie and Pierre Marcoux, residents of Beauport."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Pages 70-71
Children:
Claude CHAILLE (CHAYER) (b.17 October 1665 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1724, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France )m. Marie-Madeleine BRIERE 2 May 1689
Marie-Thérèse CHAILLE (b.23 January 1667, Québec, Canada, New France d. 27 October 1726, Deschambault, Canada, New France )m. François NAU (NAULT) 1 July 1688
Michel CHAILLE (b.5 May 1671, Québec, Canada, New France d. bef. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada ) Jean CHAILLE (b.14 January 1674 , Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 November 1709, Québec, Canada, New France )m. Anne BRIERE 20 January 1698
Henri CHAILLE (b.10 May 1676 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 1 July 1711, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France )m. Renee DERY dite LAROSE 24 November 1700
François CHAILLE (b.1 August 1678 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1750, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* )m. Françoise CASSAN 14 January 1709
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1641 - Beginning of French and Iroquois Wars 1642 - The sieur de Maisonneuve founds Montréal (May 18). 1643 - King Louis XIII dies, Louis XIV assumes French throne 1648-49 The Iroquois disperse the Huron nation. 1659 - France and Spain sign the Treaty of the Pyrenees. 1659 - François de Laval arrives in Québec as vicar general of the pope (June). 1660 - Adam Dollard des Ormeaux and about sixty others withstand an attack by over 500 Iroquois at Long Sault (May). It is traditionally said that the small party fights so well that the Iroquois decide not to attack Montréal. 1663 - Québec becomes a royal province. The first Filles du roi (Kings Daughters) arrive in New France during the summer 1666 - The Carignan-Salières regiment destroys five Mohawk villages, eventually leading to peace between the Iroquois and the French.Fille du Roi
Barré, Catherine, m. Chaillé, Mathurin, Jan. 11, 1665Filles du Roi
1665 Marriage / PartnerCatherine BARRE and Mathurin CHAILLE (CHAYER) 11 January 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1665 Birth of ChildClaude CHAILLE (CHAYER) was born 17 October 1665 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Beauport, Quebec
Mathurin Chaillé, 25 habittantCatherine Barré, 22 sa femme
Claude Chaillé, 1 fils
1666 Census of New France
1667 - The result of Canada's first census is 3215 non-native inhabitants. 1667 - Filles Du Roi Arrive 1668 - The Carignan-Salières regiment is recalled to France, but several hundred choose to remain behind, many in return for local seigneuries. 1670 - The Hudson's Bay Company is founded by royal charter and, underwritten by a group of English merchants, is granted trade rights over Rupert's Land -- i.e., all territory draining into Hudson Bay (May 2). 1672 - Comte de Frontenac becomes governor general of New France, later quarrelling frequently with the intendant and the bishop. 1673 - Frontenac sends Marquette and Jolliet to explore the Missippi. 1673 - Final Group of Filles du Roi Arrive 1674 - Laval becomes the first bishop of Québec.1667 Birth of ChildMarie-Thérèse CHAILLE was born 23 January 1667, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1671 Birth of ChildMichel CHAILLE was born 5 May 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1674 Birth of ChildJean CHAILLE was born 14 January 1674 , Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
1676 Birth of ChildHenri CHAILLE was born 10 May 1676 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1678 Birth of ChildFrançois CHAILLE was born 1 August 1678 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beauport
Mathurin Chaille, 40Catherine Barre, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Claude, 15
Therese, 14
Michel, 10
Jean, 8
Henry, 6
Francois, 3
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1686 - De Troyes and D'Iberville capture three English posts on James Bay (June-July). 1689 - Attacked by Iroquois - Lachine Massacre
1689 - William & Mary assume English throne. Peter the Great assumes Russian throne. 1690 - Port Royal is captured by British forces led by Phipps. 1690 - Frontenac repels Phips' (sent from Massachusetts) attack on Québec (October) 1701 - 40 First Nation tribes, French Colonial Government signed Great Peace of Montreal 1702 - Having begun in Europe in 1701, The War of the Spanish Succession spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in Acadia and New England.1707 Death
"Catherine Barre died in the heat of the summer of 1707. On Sunday, 17 July, her mortal remains were laid to rest in the cemetery of Quebec. Father Francois Dupre mentioned in the registry the name of only a single witness, Jean Brassard, the sexton. He recorded Catherine's age as 70."Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 75
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