She was born on June 30, 1755 and baptized the same day in Yamachiche, Canada, Nouvelle-France. Her name at birth was Francoise Blaye. She was the daughter of Antoine Blaye and Agathe Alary. Godparents were Jean Baptiste Arcan and Francoise Blaye. The officiating priest was Chedeville.
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Family
Louis Antoine Toupin dit Dusseaur, son of Jean Baptiste Toupin and Catherine Veraneau, and Francoise Blais, daughter of Antoine Blais and Agathe Alary, were married 21 Nov 1774 in the parish of Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Yamachiche, Province de Québec. [3]
Jean Baptiste Lemai, son of Joseph Lemai and the late Catherine Gauthier, and Marie Francoise Blais, widow of the late Louis Dusseau, were married 20 Feb 1792 in the parish of Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup, Louiseville, Bas-Canada. [4]
Death & Legacy
She passed away february 20, 1844 in Louiseville then called La Rivière-du-Loup, Québec.. [5]
↑ Marriage record, Louis Antoine Toupin dit Dusseaur and Francoise Blais: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-6S4D?cc=1321742&wc=HCP9-GP8%3A25310801%2C25310802%2C25588601 : 16 July 2014), Yamachiche > Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1771-1812 > image 31 of 618; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
↑ Marriage record, Jean Baptiste Lemai and Marie Francoise Blais: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899S-N4C2?cc=1321742&wc=HCVM-DP8%3A15688901%2C15688902%2C16247301 : 16 July 2014), Louiseville > Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1770-1817 > image 77 of 747; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997
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Acknowledgements
Thank you to Robert Blais for creating Blais-2208 on 15 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Robert and others.
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