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Marie Elizabeth Rapin (1712 - 1787)

Marie Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Rapin aka Drouillard, Guignard, St-Etienne
Born in Batiscan, Canada, Nouvelle-Francemap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 5 Feb 1731 in Saints-Anges de Lachine, Canada, Nouvelle-Francemap
Wife of — married 2 Feb 1756 in Ste. Anne, Detroitmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 74 in Petite Côte, Province de Québecmap
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Biography

Drapeau identifiant les profils du Canada, Nouvelle-France
Elisabeth Rapin lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Birth and Baptism
Marie Elizabeth Rapin was born on 6 Jun 1712 and was baptized the same day at Saint-Francois-Xavier de Batiscan, Canada, Nouvelle-France.[1] She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Rapin and Marie Catherine Janson.

Marriage
Jean Baptiste Argentecour dit Drouillard, age 22, and Elisabeth Rapin, age 19, were married on 5 Feb 1731 at Saintes-Agnes de Lachine, Canada, Nouvelle-France.[2][3] [4] Jean died in 1754.

Second Marriage>br> Joseph Guignard dit St-Etienne and Elisabeth Rapin, widow of Jean Baptiste Drouillard, were married on 12 Feb 1756 at Sainte-Anne de Detroit, Pays d'en Haute, Nouvelle-France.[5]

Death and Burial
Elisabeth Rapin, widow of Joseph St-Etienne, died on 6 May 1787 in Petite Côte, Province de Québec, and was buried on 8 May 1787 at Assumption Church, Church of the Hurons, Petite Côte.[6] Her death was years before the establishment of Essex County, or the city of Windsor. By 1790, this area on the Ontario side of Le Detroit Erie was known as le Côte de Misere due to the difficulty of farming as the sandy soil lost it fertility.[7]

Sources

  1. Baptism FamilySearch. Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979, Batiscan > Saint-François-Xavier > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1680-1789 > image 255 of 915; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
  2. Marriage FamilySearch. Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979, Lachine > Saints-Anges-de-Lachine > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1676-1790 > image 425 of 1302; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
  3. Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 Volume: Vol. 3 Sect. 2 : Dej-Ezi; Page: 452 Ancestry Record 2177 #24654
  4. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec; Montréal, Quebec, Canada; Collection: Fonds Cour Supérieure. District judiciaire de Montréal. Cote CN601. Greffes de notaires, 1648-1967.; District: Montréal; Title: Saint-Martin, Jean-Baptiste Adhemar dit (1714-1734). Ancestry Record 61062 #7654666
  5. U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954. Détroit, Ste-Anne, 1704-1780, image 210 of 253 at Ancestry.com (paid)
  6. Sepulture FamilySearch. Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923, Essex > Windsor > Assumption > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1772-1808 > image 59 of 322; Catholic Church parishes, Ontario.
  7. Lajeunesse, E.J. 1960. The Windsor Border Region. Univ. Toronto Press. 374 pp.

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