Marie Louise Labossiere (1750 - 1799)

Born 23 Aug 1750 in Contrecoeur, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph François Gosselin — married 16 Sep 1771 in Contrecoeur, Province de Québec

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1799 at age 48 in Contrecoeur, Bas-Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Labossiere Name Study.

Marie Louise Labossiere was born on August 23, 1750 at Contrecoeur, to Pierre-Louis Claude Labossiere and Marie-Angelique Gregoire-Valentin. She was baptized three days later. Her godparents were Joseph Plouf, who was her aunt's second husband and Marie Isabelle Menard, who was not a relation. Neither could sign the register. Marie Louise was the fourth child and third daughter for the family. There would eventually be six daughters and six sons, but sadly twin boys, the seventh and eighth children would die as infants at only a few weeks old. All of the other children lived to adults and married, although two of the siblings would be widowed and both would remarry.

Marie Louise married Joseph Francois Louis Gosselin on Sept. 16, 1771 at Contrecoeur. They had 10 children, but four children are known to have died young or as infants; three together over 11 days in the fall of 1783. This is believed to have been a cholera epidemic.

Marie Louise died April 28, 1799 at Contrecoeur and was buried there two days later. Her husband died March 05, 1804 at Contrecoeur and was buried there two days later.

Sources

• LDS Church. https://www.familysearch.org/ Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 Ste-Trinite –de-Contrecoeur 1739-1789 image 150 of 661 baptism of Marie Louise Labossiere 1750 - 1799 Aug 26, 1750
• LDS Church, Ibid: Ste-Trinite-de-Contrecoeur 1744-1774 image 173 of 186 M. of Marie Louise Labossiere and Joseph Francois Louis Gosselin Sept. 16, 1771
• LDS Church, Ibid: Ste-Trinite-de-Contrecoeur 1797-1819 image 48 of 284 burial of Marie Louise Labossiere April 30, 1799.
• PRDH, (Research Programme in Historical Demography) at the Université de Montréal. https://www.prdh-igd.com/en/home. Family 26723.