Gerlaise Marie Jeanne^[1]

1690 - 1771  (81 years)

• Name	Gerlaise Marie Jeanne
  Birth	1690	Canada, Nouvelle-France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Oct 1771	Baie-du-Febvre, Province of Québec   [1]
  Notes	== Biography == Marie Jeanne Dejarlais, St-Amand married Pierre Benoit Laforest in 1705-08-20, at Trois-Rivières. Born around 1683 in the Canada, New France. Death or Burial 24 Nov 1771. Also list of their children. {{PRDH|Individu|7218|lang=fr}} {{PRDH|Famille|9645|lang=fr}} AKA M.-Jeanne Degerlais-Jarlais-Dit-St-Amand There appears to have been a marriage contract done, although it is both undated and unsigned, considered to be in the year 1735 before notary Pierre Petit. It could have been a proposed contract which was never ratified, or the record of a prior lost contract. Some marriage contracts got done after the marriage to settle possible later issues.:''Contrat de mariage entre Pierre Benoist-Laforest, de Baie du Febvre, fils de Gabriel Benoist et de Anne Guesdon; et Jeanne Gerlais, fille de Jean Gerlais et de Jeanne Trudel (s.d., 1735) Acte non signé'' Notaire Pierre Petit Vol XXVII pg 94 #852[http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2431906 BAnQ Notarial acts index ''Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français'', par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8] Jeanne Marie was born about 1679. She passed away in 1771. == Sources == *Tree: http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Gerlaise_Jeanne&pid=64799&lng=en* 20 août 1705 (20 Aug 1705) Perre (sic) Benoit m Jeanne Degerlais at Trois-Rivières, St-Maurice, Québec, CanadaQuebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/28816397/person/132309664017/facts * {{PRDH|Individu|7218|lang=fr}} * {{PRDH|Famille|9645|lang=fr}}
  Person ID	I60530	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Jacquet Jean,   b. Abt 1634, Liège, Principauté de Liège d. 19 Dec 1722, seigneurie de la Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Trudel Jeanne,   b. 22 Jul 1656, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 30 Nov 1734, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Sep 1667	Canada, Nouvelle-France   [1]
  Family ID	F26850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benoit Pierre,   b. 1670   d. 25 Apr 1745 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	20 Aug 1705	Trois-Rivières, Canada, Nouvelle-France   [1]
  Family ID	F26905	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.