flag female ancestor  Marie-Catherine  LEPELE (LEPELLÉ)

  (b. 26 January 1682 Champlain, Canada, New France   d. 27 April 1755 La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France )  

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Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) was born 26 January 1682 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) was the child of Jean LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS   and   Jeanne ISABEL and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Guillaume ISABEL and Catherine DODIER

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Marie-Catherine  married  Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE 1 February 1712 in Champlain, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE  was born abt. 1678 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation).  Bernard died 21 January 1750 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas).  Bernard was the child of Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE.

Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) died 27 April 1755 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France .
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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ)

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Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) married flag male ancestor Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE-- Date: 1 February 1712 Place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783


Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was the child of Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE


Notre-Dame-de-La Visitation

"Catherine, born in 1682 and married in 1712 to Bernard Brisset dit Courchene, from the Ile-Dupas. He was an ensign in the militia and a church warden."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 154


Children of Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ):



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birth1682 Birth
26 January 1682
Champlain, Canada, New France
marriage1712 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) and Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE 1 February 1712, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

She was 30 years old.
1714 Birth of Child
Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was born 11 December 1714, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Catherine was 32 years old.
Kings and Queens1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
1717 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was born 18 June 1717, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Catherine was 35 years old.
1720 Birth of Child
Antoine-Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was born 4 January 1720, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Catherine was 37 years old.
marriage1742 Marriage of Child
Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE married 30 January 1742, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL
marriage1745 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE married 15 February 1745, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Françoise DUTEAU
1750 Death of Spouse/Partner
Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE died 21 January 1750, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)
death1755 Death
27 April 1755
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

She died at the age of 73.
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