Marie Joseph was born 7 July 1758, the daughter of Jean Baptiste Chalifour and Geneviève Barbe Maillé. She was baptized on the 9th at Saint Joseph de Chambly, with godparents Jean Baptiste Lariviere et Marie Joseph Chalifour.[1]
The St Joseph de Chambly parish record for her 20 January 1783 marriage to Joseph Vadnet reads that it was between "Joseph Vadnet [fils de Joseph] et de Catherine Guillet ses pere et mere de St Mathieux de Beloeil d'une part: et Marie Chalifous fille de Jean Chalifous et de Genevieve Maillet ses pere et mere de cette paroisse d'autre part . . . . en presence de Marie Magdelêne Vadnet soeur d'Antoine Sené beau-frère de l'époux: de Jean Chalifoux pere, de Jean Chalifous frère, de Marguerite Chalifoux soeur, et de Joseph Malliet oncle de l'épouse: et de plusieurs autres parents et amis"[2]
She died 26 March 1837 and was buried two days later at Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville. The entry reads, "Marie Chalifous, décédée depuis deux jours en cette paroisse agée de soixante-quinze ans, veuve de Joseph Vadnais. Présens Joseph Dufault et Louis Vadnais."[3]
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