Esther was born on 16 Feb 1817 in Saint-Gervais, the daughter of Joseph Dorval and Françoise Chatigny. She was baptised the next day in the parish of Saint-Gervais-et-Protais, with Joseph Dalaire and Agathe Roy, wife of Joachim Gosselin, standing as godparents[1].
Household in the 1861 Census for St-Anselme, Dorchester[2]:
At the given age of 54 Esther Dorval, daughter of the late Joseph Dorval and the late Françoise Chatigny, passed away on 25 Jan 1872 in Saint-Anselme. She was buried two days later in the parish of Saint-Anselme, as witnessed by Anselme Buteau and ? Felteau[3].
Sources
↑Baptism: B.25 "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-NW4Z : 16 July 2014), Saints-Gervais-et-Protais > Saints-Gervais-et-Protais > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1815-1829 > image 78 of 628; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. Free registration.
↑Burial: S.5 "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-X9BM : 16 July 2014), Saint-Anselme > Saint-Anselme > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1855-1876 > image 475 of 606; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. Free registration.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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