BOUCHARD Marie Madeleine

1665 -

• Name	BOUCHARD Marie Madeleine
  Birth	31 May 1665	Chateau Richer, QC
  Gender	Female
  Notes	Marie-Madeleine Bouchard was born at Chateau-Richer on the Beaupre Coast, on 31 May 1665, and was baptized in her native parish on 2 June of the same year, by the missionary priest Thomas Morel. It appears that her father Michel Bouchard, in Canada since 1657, first lived in the territory of Chateau-Richer, then at Sainte-Anne until 1674. Michel was a native of Andilly-les-Marais, canton of Marans, arrondissement of La Rochelle. His wife Marie Trotin, daughter of the late Jean, a weaver, and the late Madeleine Blanchard, was born at Poitou. The Bouchard family moved to Riviere-Ouelle about 1675. It was there that Pierre Dancause met Marie-Madeleine Bouchard. She became his wife in the summer of 1679. Alas! the act was lost. A first child was born to them on the feast day of St-Jean in 1680. NEW CHALLENGE After more than a half-century of life, ancestor Pierre Dancause felt his strength ebbing. He went to seek help at the Hotel-Dieu in the summer of 1697. There he died and was buried at Quebec on Tuesday, 13 August. The witnesses recorded in the registry were Jacques Michelon dit Lorange, master nailsmith, and Jean Dubreuil, inhabitant of the Ile d'Orleans. The thirty-two year old Marie-Madeleine Bouchard must now take on a new challenge, that of bringing her children to maturity. The question of inheritance could have spoiled the sauce but, on 19 August 1697, a very generous arrangement was made. Jean Raby and his wife Marie Dancause renounced their claim in the presence of notary Genaple, at Quebec. The reasons put forth were the following: When Madame Dancause was married, there were only four arpents of cleared land on the homestead at Riviere-Ouelle. Whatever they owned had been gained during the lifetime of their mother and mother-in-law. Therefore, she would keep the family property for her use, according to the costume of Paris. It appears that Pierre Dancause and Marie- Madeleine Bouchard had been married without a contract. In 1699, Francois Deserre, son of Antoine and of Mathurine Belanger, an audacious twenty-one year old gentleman, proposed marriage to her on 22 September, in the presence of the notary. Later, Marie- Madeleine thought it over and courageously decided that it was wiser to bear his natural child than to ruin her whole life. Marie-Anne was baptized on the day of her birth, 18 June 1700. This surprise gift became the wife of Pierre Roy dit Desjardins on 7 June 1717 at Riviere-Ouelle Jean-Francois Gauvin, son of Jean and of Anne Magnan, fell in love with Marie-Madeleine Bouchard in 1702. It was at Riviere-Ouelle that her second wedding was celebrated on 29 May. On the following 15 June, a marriage contract was signed before Chambalon at Quebec. There were no children. During the same period, the widow Dancause had a house built. A notarized act informs USA that on 24 October 1702, she owed 160 livres to Pierre Soucy de la Grande Anse, "for framework of a house which the said Soucy had previously built for her." On the first of October 1713, the widow Dancause decided to have an official paper drawn up by the notary Janneau. She simply declared that her surviving children: Madeleine, Genevieve, Catherine, Francoise and Pierre had right to the inheritance left by their late father. Marie- Madeleine Bouchard was still going to live a long-time.
  Person ID	I1194	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	BOUCHARD Michel,   b. Abt 1629, Andilly Les Marais, LaRochelle, Aunis, France d. 14 Apr 1709, Quebec, QC (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	TROTINNE Marie,   b. Abt 1646, Bournezeau, LaRoche Sur Yon, Poitou, France d. Bef 27 Oct 1682, Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada (Age < 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	02 Dec 1662	Chateau-Richer, PQ, Canada
  Family ID	F1195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	(Dancause) Pierre Dancosse,   b. 1641, LaRochelle, Aunis, France d. 13 Aug 1697, Quebec, QC (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1679	Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada
  Children	1. (Dancause) Anne Dancosse   d. Feb 1712, Quebec, Canada  [natural]   2. (Dancause) Catherine Dancosse  [natural]   3. (Dancause) Pierre Dancosse  [natural]   4. DANCOSSE Marie Madeleine,   b. 24 Jun 1680, Riviere-Quelle, PQ, Canada  [natural]   5. (Dancause) Marie Dancosse,   b. 1682  [natural]   6. DANCOSSE Genevieve,   b. 1687   d. 1745 (Age 58 years)  [natural]   7. (Dancause) Marie-Angelique Dancosse,   b. 17 Jun 1689, Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec, New France  [natural]   8. (Dancause) Marie-Francoise Dancosse,   b. Abt 1691  [natural]   9. (Dancause) Marie-Elisabeth Dancosse,   b. 1693   d. Mar 1698, Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec, New France (Age 5 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024