Marie-Charlotte
JOLY
(b.
abt. 1648
,
St-Solenne, Blois, Loire-et-Cher, France
d.
2 December 1718
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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Marie-Charlotte JOLY was born abt. 1648 in St-Solenne, Blois, Loire-et-Cher, France
Marie-Charlotte JOLY was the child of ? and ?Marie-Charlotte was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1669.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Charlotte married Antoine DRAPEAU 20 August 1669 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Antoine DRAPEAU was born 11 January 1648 in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France. Antoine died 23 August 1717 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont).
Marie-Charlotte JOLY died 2 December 1718 in Québec, Canada, New France .
daughter of Pierre Joly and Marie Milleraye
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Family and Children of Marie-Charlotte JOLY
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Antoine DRAPEAU-- Date: 20 August 1669 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Marie-Charlotte JOLY and Antoine DRAPEAU
Marriage not found at Sainte-Famille-de-L'Isle-d'Orleans, QC, Canada in Drouin Collection. Records are sporadic for this timeframe.
PRDH indicates that this marriage took place at Sainte-Famille in 1669.
"Thus life silently moved along until the middle of the summer of 1669. One Monday afternoon, 5 August to be exact, Antoine Drapeau, accompanied by his notary Pierre Duquet went to Quebec to the house of Jeanne Duguay, widow of Antoine LeBoesme dit Lalime. Living there was Marie-Charlotte Joly, the one his heart had chosen to accompany him in the founding of his home... On the following 20 August, the missionary priest Thomas Morel blessed their union in the only church on the island at the time, Sainte-Famille, in the presence of the witnesses summoned for this honor: Pierre Loignon, Francois Dupont and Maurice Arrive."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Pages 94-95
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Antoine DRAPEAU and Marie-Charlotte JOLY:
Louise DRAPEAU (b.26 December 1670, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. abt. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada )
Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU (b.9 June 1672, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1708, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marie-Ursule BOLDUC 11 August 1700 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
Marie-Anne-Jeanne DRAPEAU (b.6 May 1674 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1754, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Baptiste HALAY (HALLÉ) 18 July 1695 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU (b.22 March 1677, Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1677, Québec, Canada, New France )
Zacharie DRAPEAU (b.19 September 1678 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. abt. 1724, Mobile, Alabama Territory)
m. Marie-Anne PREAU 1716 in Mobile, Alabama, USA
Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU (b.3 January 1681 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1721, Beaumont, Canada, New France )
m. Perrine LACROIX 13 November 1708 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
Pierre DRAPEAU (b.abt. 1682, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 April 1756, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne-Louise LISSE 16 October 1713 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU (b.4 April 1683, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1683, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )
Marie-Charlotte DRAPEAU (b.27 April 1687 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 3 July 1744, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Clement LESIEUR 27 April 1716 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre DRAPEAU (b.9 August 1690, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1754, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne LACROIX 10 November 1710 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
m. Catherine PAULET 21 October 1748 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada
Marriage not found at Sainte-Famille-de-L'Isle-d'Orleans, QC, Canada in Drouin Collection. Records are sporadic for this timeframe.
PRDH indicates that this marriage took place at Sainte-Famille in 1669.
"Thus life silently moved along until the middle of the summer of 1669. One Monday afternoon, 5 August to be exact, Antoine Drapeau, accompanied by his notary Pierre Duquet went to Quebec to the house of Jeanne Duguay, widow of Antoine LeBoesme dit Lalime. Living there was Marie-Charlotte Joly, the one his heart had chosen to accompany him in the founding of his home... On the following 20 August, the missionary priest Thomas Morel blessed their union in the only church on the island at the time, Sainte-Famille, in the presence of the witnesses summoned for this honor: Pierre Loignon, Francois Dupont and Maurice Arrive."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Pages 94-95
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Antoine DRAPEAU and Marie-Charlotte JOLY:
m. Marie-Ursule BOLDUC 11 August 1700 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
m. Jean-Baptiste HALAY (HALLÉ) 18 July 1695 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
m. Marie-Anne PREAU 1716 in Mobile, Alabama, USA
m. Perrine LACROIX 13 November 1708 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
m. Marie-Anne-Louise LISSE 16 October 1713 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
m. Clement LESIEUR 27 April 1716 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Marie-Anne LACROIX 10 November 1710 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
m. Catherine PAULET 21 October 1748 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada
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1648 Birth
'Charlotte Joly, daughter of the late Pierre and of Marie Milleraye, was born about 1648 in the town of Blois, parish of Sainte-Solemne. Blois, presently the capital of the arrondissement of the department of Loire-et-Cher, was a famous city ereced on the banks of the Loire River in the Orleanais, in the diocese of Chartres...'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Page 94
'Charlotte Joly, daughter of the late Pierre and of Marie Milleraye, was born about 1648 in the town of Blois, parish of Sainte-Solemne. Blois, presently the capital of the arrondissement of the department of Loire-et-Cher, was a famous city ereced on the banks of the Loire River in the Orleanais, in the diocese of Chartres...'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Page 94
1663
Joly, Charlotte , m. Drapeau, Antoine, Aug. 20, 1669
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668
Joly, Charlotte , m. Drapeau, Antoine, Aug. 20, 1669
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668
Marie-Charlotte JOLY and Antoine DRAPEAU 20 August 1669, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1669
ARRIVED IN NEW FRANCE IN 1669 WITH A GIFT FROM THE KING OF 50 POUNDS. SOURCE: AUTHOR: RAYNALD DROUIN TITLE: 'GENEOLOGY FOR EVERYONE' PERSONAL DATABASE PUBLICATION: HTTP:/ / EPF.PLANETE.QC.CA, 10/ 28/ 2001
ARRIVED IN NEW FRANCE IN 1669 WITH A GIFT FROM THE KING OF 50 POUNDS. SOURCE: AUTHOR: RAYNALD DROUIN TITLE: 'GENEOLOGY FOR EVERYONE' PERSONAL DATABASE PUBLICATION: HTTP:/ / EPF.PLANETE.QC.CA, 10/ 28/ 2001
1670 Birth of ChildLouise DRAPEAU was born 26 December 1670, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
1672 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste DRAPEAU was born 9 June 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1674 Birth of ChildMarie-Anne-Jeanne DRAPEAU was born 6 May 1674 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)
1677 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste DRAPEAU was born 22 March 1677, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1678 Birth of ChildZacharie DRAPEAU was born 19 September 1678 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
1681 Canadian Census Cap St.-Claude
Antoine Drapeau, tailleur, 35
Charlotte Joly, sa femme, 33
enfants:
Jean, 9
Marie, 5
Antoine, 3
Charlotte, 1
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
Antoine Drapeau, tailleur, 35
Charlotte Joly, sa femme, 33
enfants:
Jean, 9
Marie, 5
Antoine, 3
Charlotte, 1
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1681 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste DRAPEAU was born 3 January 1681 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
1683 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste DRAPEAU was born 4 April 1683, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
1687 Birth of ChildMarie-Charlotte DRAPEAU was born 27 April 1687 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
1690 Birth of ChildPierre DRAPEAU was born 9 August 1690, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
Marie-Anne-Jeanne DRAPEAU married 18 July 1695, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Jean-Baptiste HALAY (HALLÉ)
Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU married 11 August 1700, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Marie-Ursule BOLDUC
Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU married 13 November 1708 , Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) to Perrine LACROIX
Pierre DRAPEAU married 10 November 1710, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) to Marie-Anne LACROIX
Pierre DRAPEAU married 16 October 1713, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) to Marie-Anne-Louise LISSE
Marie-Charlotte DRAPEAU married 27 April 1716 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Clement LESIEUR
Antoine DRAPEAU died 23 August 1717, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
1718 Death
'As for Charlotte Joly, it seems that she went to live at the home of her daughter Marie-Charlotte, wife of Clement LeSieur. On 2 December 1718, she was buried at the capital of New France. The clerics Dupuis and Reiche signed the registry as witnesses before the officiating priest Thomas Thiboult, curate of the cathedral. The ancestress was a worthy 72 years old.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Pages 100-101
'As for Charlotte Joly, it seems that she went to live at the home of her daughter Marie-Charlotte, wife of Clement LeSieur. On 2 December 1718, she was buried at the capital of New France. The clerics Dupuis and Reiche signed the registry as witnesses before the officiating priest Thomas Thiboult, curate of the cathedral. The ancestress was a worthy 72 years old.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVIII, Pages 100-101
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