Gertrude MAUGRAS

(b. 22 December 1686 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 14 January 1774 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gertrude MAUGRAS was born 22 December 1686 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Gertrude MAUGRAS was the child of Jacques MAUGRAS and Marie-Jeanne MORAL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Quentin MORAL and Marie-Marguerite MARGUERIE

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Gertrude married Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ 3 May 1705 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ was born 23 October 1677 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre died 22 February 1745 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Gilles COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Anne-Elisabeth TARRAGON.

Gertrude MAUGRAS died 14 January 1774 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Gertrude MAUGRAS married

Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ-- Date: 3 May 1705 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ was the child of Gilles COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Anne-Elisabeth TARRAGON

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Children of Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Gertrude MAUGRAS:

Exupere COUTURIER (b.abt. 1705, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. François CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 31 May 1723 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth-Anne COUTURIER (b.24 June 1708, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1736, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France)
m. Claude-Toussaint NIQUET (NIQUETTE) 10 June 1736 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Charlotte COUTURIER (b.27 December 1711, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1797, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )
m. Denis-Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE 4 February 1738 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Joseph COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ (b.26 December 1712, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 1 October 1784, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise ALLARD 28 August 1741 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise COUTURIER (b.2 April 1715, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Jeanne COUTURIER (b.18 October 1717, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 15 June 1735, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France)

François COUTURIER dit VERVILLE (b.abt. 1719, , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 July 1812, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS 1 February 1750 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne COUTURIER (b.7 March 1722, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1762, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada)
m. Joseph JOYAL 29 May 1747 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Marie COUTURIER (b.23 March 1724, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1726, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France)

Marguerite-Therese COUTURIER (b.2 February 1727, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 11 February 1727, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France)

Marie-Françoise COUTURIER (b.30 June 1728, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1821, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques CARTIER 11 January 1751 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
m. Jean-Baptiste ALLARD 3 November 1784 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1686 Birth
22 December 1686
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

1705 Marriage / Partner
Gertrude MAUGRAS and Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ 3 May 1705, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1708 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Anne COUTURIER was born 24 June 1708, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 21 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte COUTURIER was born 27 December 1711, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 25 years old.

1712 Birth of Child
Joseph COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ was born 26 December 1712, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 26 years old.

1715 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise COUTURIER was born 2 April 1715, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 28 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne COUTURIER was born 18 October 1717, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 30 years old.

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

1722 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne COUTURIER was born 7 March 1722, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 35 years old.

1723 Marriage of Child
Exupere COUTURIER married 31 May 1723, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to François CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE

1724 Birth of Child
Pierre-Marie COUTURIER was born 23 March 1724, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 37 years old.

1726 Death of Child
Pierre-Marie COUTURIER died 23 February 1726, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 39 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Therese COUTURIER was born 2 February 1727, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 40 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise COUTURIER was born 30 June 1728, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 41 years old.

1735 Death of Child
Marie-Jeanne COUTURIER died 15 June 1735, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 48 years old.

1736 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Anne COUTURIER married 10 June 1736, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Claude-Toussaint NIQUET (NIQUETTE)

1736 Death of Child
Elisabeth-Anne COUTURIER died 5 November 1736, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 49 years old.

1738 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte COUTURIER married 4 February 1738, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Denis-Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE

1741 Marriage of Child
Joseph COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ married 28 August 1741, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise ALLARD

1745 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ died 22 February 1745, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1747 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne COUTURIER married 29 May 1747, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Joseph JOYAL

1750 Marriage of Child
François COUTURIER dit VERVILLE married 1 February 1750, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS

1751 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise COUTURIER married 11 January 1751, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Jacques CARTIER

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Death of Child
Marie-Anne COUTURIER died 26 June 1762, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Gertrude was 75 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1774 Death
14 January 1774
Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 87.

Added: 9/4/2010 1:43:39 PM - Updated: 9/11/2020 10:12:07 AM