Baptême, 9 Juillet 1758, L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles, Canada, Nouvelle France, "Marie Josephte, née du même jour, fille naturelle du légitime de Joseph Lambert demeurant de cette paroisse et de Marie Anne Metot son épouse"[1]
Mariage, 4 Mai 1778, Montréal (Basilique de Notre-Dame), entre "Jean Baptiste Comaud, agé de vingt quatre ans, fils de Jean Baptiste Comaud et de Anne Bourgeois ses père et mère, de la paroisse de la Praire de la Magdeleine d'une part, et d'aussi present Marie Josephte Lambert agée de dix neuf ans, fille de Joseph Lambert et de Marie Anne Methote ses père et mère de cette paroisse d'autre part; . . . . en présence de Jean Baptiste Comaud pere de Joseph, Augustin et Pierre Comaud, frères de l'époux, de Joseph Lambert, pere, de Jacques Bernard et de Marie Josephe L'évrau amis de l'épouse et de quelques autres témoins"[2]
Known children of Jean Baptiste Comeau and Marie Josephe Lambert (all born in La Prairie): [3]
Jean Baptiste, 1779-1784
Joseph, 1781
Augustin, 1783-1784
Jean Baptiste, 1785-1787
François Xavier, 1787
Pelagie, 1790-1794
Josephe, 1793-1794
Andre, 1795
Susanne, 1797
Marie Josephe, 1799
Louis, 1803
Josephte Devilleray, wife of Jean Baptiste Comeau and with a given age of about forty-nine years, died 22 Feb 1807 and was buried the following day in the cemetery of La Prairie, Bas-Canada. [4]
Note: Various family trees cite different dates for death: 22 February 1820 in Saint Philippe de LaPrairie and 12 Nov 1820 in Saint Constant. No parish records available for that period in Saint Constant, and there is no burial record for St Philippe.
Research Notes
Marie Josephte Lambert was recorded using the name Josephe Devilleray on the burial records of daughters Pelagie and Josephe in 1794 and on her burial record in 1807. When husband Jean Baptiste Comeau remarried in 1811 he was recorded as the widower of Josephte Lambert de Villerai. [5]
↑ PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique.
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