Pelletier Marguerite^[1]

1666 - Aft 1741  (> 75 years)

• Name	Pelletier Marguerite
  Birth	30 Aug 1666	Sillery, Canada, Nouvelle-France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 18 May 1741	Canada, Nouvelle-France   [1]
  Notes	[[Category:Sorel, Canada, Nouvelle-France]] [[Category:Seigneurie d'Autray en 1681]] [[Category:Sillery, Canada, Nouvelle-France]] [[Category:Québec en 1667]] {{Canada Nouvelle-France}} ==Biography== ===Birth/Baptism===Marguerite, born and baptized on 30 August 1666 at Sillery, was the daughter of [[Pelletier-38|François Pelletier]] and [[Morisseau-1|Marguerite Moriceau]]. [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/ Baptism entry for Marguerite Pelletier, 30 Aug 1666, Acte # 74738, Image # d1p_31400653, Drouin Institute][https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/74738 baptism IGD link] She occasionally gets called Marguerite Agnès (4 occasions found in records for her). '''Recensement 1667 Census: Québec''' --- In the '''[[:Category:Recensement_de_la_Nouvelle-France_en_1667|Recensement de la Nouvelle-France en 1667]]''' by [[Talon-11|Jean Talon]],[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/HughLArmstrong/qc1666/qc1666qc.htm 1667 census], we read: “[[Pelletier-38|François Pelletier]], 32; [[Morisseau-1|Marguerite Morisseau]], 24, sa femme (his wife); [[Pelletier-41|Marie]], 5; [[Pelletier-169|François Xavier]], 4; [[Pelletier-154|Joseph]] 2; [[Pelletier-37|Marguerite-Agnès]], 15 mois (months).” The residence was in Québec city. '''Recensement 1681 Census''': Seigneurie d'Autray François Pelletier 48 ; Marguerite Maurisseau, sa femme, 37 ; enfants : François 16, Joseph 14, '''Marguerite 13''', Geneviève 11, Catherine 9, Michel 7, Pierre 6, Louise 3 ; 3 fusils ; 10 bêtes à cornes ; 16 arpents en valeur.[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Histoire_des_Canadiens-fran%C3%A7ais,_Tome_V/Chapitre_4 Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte ''Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 5, chap. 4''] ===Marriage===On 6 May 1685, a marriage contract was signed before notary [[Normandin-32|Daniel Normandin]] for [[Boucher-191|Charles Boucher]] and [[Pelletier-37|Marguerite Pelletier]]. [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/ Marriage Contract Charles Boucher and Marguerite Pelletier, 6 May 1685, Normandin, Couple # 94719, No Image, PRDH/IGD] Marguerite Pelletier married Charles Boucher, on May 7 1685 in Sorel[http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/dicoGenealogie/ Tanguay vol 1 pg 72]. Note: Sorel records for the period are either badly damaged or now totally missing. '''Known children/Enfants connus''' #Charles, b 26 Sept 1685 d 26 Nov 1685 #François, b c 1688; married Geneviève Joly 29 May 1712 Sorel#Charles, b & bapt 5 Dec 1690 Château-Richer (it is noted on the record that the parents were then inhabitants of Sorel, the godparents lived in Château-Richer); married Marie (Marguerite?) Hénault before 1713#Marie, b 14 Apr 1693 bapt 15th Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans (IO); married Antoine Piette dit Lafrenière dit Trempe 2 May 1711 Sorel#Pierre, b & bapt 16 May 1695 Ste-Famille, IO; married Marie Geneviève Migneron 6 Nov 1725 Sorel#Michel, b & bapt 13 May 1697 Ste-Famille, IO; married Marie Anne Martin 24 Nov 1727 Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville)#Joseph Marie, b & bapt 15 Mar 1699 Ste-Famille, IO; married Marie Madeleine Migneron 6 Nov 1725 Sorel#Marie Anne, bapt Jul 1704 Sorel (top of record damaged); married Antoine Joly 5 Aug 1721 Sorel#Alexis, b 26 May 1706 bapt 30th Sorel; married Marie Geneviève Martin 25 Feb 1732 Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville)#Jean Baptiste, bapt 30 Oct 1708 Sorel (residence noted as Berthier ie now Berthierville across the river from Sorel); married Marie Catherine Gladu before 1738Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 - Drouin IGD ===Death===She is never listed as deceased on her children's marriages, although her husband is so listed on the last such marriage 25 Feb 1732. The date of 30 Oct 1708 previously entered is the date of birth of her last child. She is specifically named as present at the marriage of her daughter Marie on 2 May 1711[https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/img/acte/84018 marriage Marie Boucher 1711 IGD]. No funeral record for her has been found, she is listed on the various marriage records as resident of Berthier-en-Haut. == Sources == * Source: S949 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
  Person ID	I60477	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Pelletier François,   b. Abt 1635, Gallardon, (St-Pierre), Beauce, France d. Bef May 1688, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age < 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Morisseau Marguerite Madeleine,   b. Abt 1643, Roye (St-Pierre), Picardie, France d. 15 Dec 1707, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Sep 1661	Sillery, Canada, Nouvelle-France   [1]
  Family ID	F26901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Boucher Charles,   b. 04 Apr 1658   d. 10 Aug 1728 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	07 May 1685	Sorel, Canada, Nouvelle-France   [1]
  Family ID	F26949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

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  [S1749] Merged from Branchaud-718755_1 on 6-Jan-2026 at 21:00.