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Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT)

(b. 21 April 1664 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 November 1715 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )

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Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 21 April 1664 in Québec, Canada, New France

Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) was the child of Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne MIVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Anne CONVENT (COUVENT) (maternal) Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Catherine-Ursule married Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS 11 November 1683 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children. Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS was born 15 December 1651 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste died 23 May 1718 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Denis DUQUET and Catherine GAUTHIER.

Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) died 29 November 1715 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France .

Death not available in Drouin Collection at Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon, Levis, QC, Canada - records for 1715 are missing.

Alternate date of death 23 May 1718

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT)

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Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) married

Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS-- Date: 11 November 1683 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS was the child of Denis DUQUET and Catherine GAUTHIER

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS and Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT):

Jean-Baptiste DUQUET (b.7 November 1685, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1731, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Geneviève HALAY (HALLÉ) 28 August 1710 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Gabriel DUQUET dit DESROSIERS (b.6 August 1687, Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1759, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite HALAY (HALLÉ) 1 June 1722 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
m. Madeleine GRONDIN 23 May 1737 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Rosalie DUQUET (b.5 September 1688 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1753, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Ignace CARRIER 2 June 1710 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie-Thérèse DUQUET (b.19 April 1690, Québec, Canada, New France d. 14 September 1782, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis GUAY 3 December 1718 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Jean-François HAMELIN 1 February 1734 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Charles DUQUET (b.27 February 1692, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1747, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine MALLET 3 July 1719 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Catherine-Ursule DUQUET (b.16 January 1694, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 12 August 1730, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph JOURDAIN 11 April 1718 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Étienne DUQUET dit DESROSIERS (b.15 March 1695, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 27 February 1753, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise DENEAU (DENIAU) dite DESTAILLIS 15 February 1722 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie DUQUET (b.30 March 1697, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 13 November 1759, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Louis HALAY (HALLÉ) 23 May 1718 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
m. René HOTTE 9 May 1735 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
m. Louis BOIVIN 30 June 1745 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Françoise DUQUET (b.19 March 1699 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1743, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Charles-François RANCOURT 29 July 1726 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Louise DUQUET (b.2 February 1701, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charles-François GIRARD 18 November 1733 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marguerite DUQUET (b.4 April 1702, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Laurent BRIAND 23 September 1737 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Veronique DUQUET (b.abt. 1703, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 July 1773, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Jean GOURCE (GOUSSE) 26 November 1736 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Joseph DUQUET dit DESROSIERS (b.20 February 1706, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 6 October 1767, Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Angélique MOULINNEUF (MOLINEUF) 18 April 1733 in Sault-St-Louis, Québec, Canada (Kahnawake)
m. Françoise BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) 4 May 1744 in Sault-St-Louis, Québec, Canada (Kahnawake)

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1664 Birth
21 April 1664
Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1664 Baptism
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
22 May 1664
Catherine Ursule Amyot, daughter of Mathieu Amyot and Marie Myville
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Mathieu Amiot d. Villeneufve.................37 habittant
Marie Minville...............................33 sa femme
Charles Amiot ...............................14 fils
pierre Amiot ................................13 fils
Anne Marie Amiot.............................11 fille
Margueritte Amiot ............................9 fille
Jean Baptiste Amiot...........................8 fils
Jean Amiot ...................................6 fils
francoise Amiot ..............................5 fille
Catherine Amiot...............................3 fille
Daniel Amiot ............................6 mois fils
Et Anthoine DuCos ...........................26 domestique Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
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1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Maure
Mathieu Amyot, 53
Marie Miville, sa femme, 50
enfants:
Jean-Baptiste, 22
Jean, 20
Daniel, 16
Mathieu, 14
Philippe, 13
Marie, 8
Catherine, 17
Jeanne, 11
Marie, 6

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1683 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) and Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS 11 November 1683, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

She was 19 years old.

Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) - 1683 Marriage - Saint-Francois-de-Sales, Neuville, QC, Canada

1683 Marriage - Saint-Francois-de-Sales, Neuville, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1685 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUQUET was born 7 November 1685, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Catherine-Ursule was 21 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Gabriel DUQUET dit DESROSIERS was born 6 August 1687, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Catherine-Ursule was 23 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Catherine-Rosalie DUQUET was born 5 September 1688 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Catherine-Ursule was 24 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse DUQUET was born 19 April 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Catherine-Ursule was 26 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Charles DUQUET was born 27 February 1692, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Ursule was 27 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Catherine-Ursule DUQUET was born 16 January 1694, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Ursule was 29 years old.

1695 Birth of Child
Étienne DUQUET dit DESROSIERS was born 15 March 1695, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Ursule was 30 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie DUQUET was born 30 March 1697, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Ursule was 32 years old.

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

1699 Birth of Child
Françoise DUQUET was born 19 March 1699 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Ursule was 34 years old.

1701 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DUQUET was born 2 February 1701, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Ursule was 36 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Marguerite DUQUET was born 4 April 1702, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Catherine-Ursule was 37 years old.

1706 Birth of Child
Joseph DUQUET dit DESROSIERS was born 20 February 1706, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Catherine-Ursule was 41 years old.

1710 Marriage of Child
Catherine-Rosalie DUQUET married 2 June 1710, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Ignace CARRIER

1710 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUQUET married 28 August 1710, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Geneviève HALAY (HALLÉ)