Marie (Landry) Alexandre (abt. 1815 - 1898)

Wife of Edouard Alexandre — married 11 Jan 1836 in Saint-Valentin, Québec

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1898 at about age 83 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Biography

Notes

On Marie's marriage record, her parents are deliberately not named and she does not even have a surname. She is just "Marie fille mineure domicilée en cette paroisse." The groom's parents are named and he received consent from his mother for the marriage; for Marie it says she received consent from her "tuteur." Her witnesses at the wedding were François Lanciau and Godfroy Lanciau, described as "friends."

Marie's Massachusetts death record says that her maiden name was Landry and her parents are "Francois and Unknown." But if she had a legitimate biological father named François Landry, he probably would have been named on her marriage record. Most likely Marie was an orphan.

Sources

• Parish marriage record: "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-Z4S7?cc=1321742&wc=HC5C-ZNL%3A23220901%2C23220902%2C24409101 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Valentin > Saint-Valentin > Index 1830-1876 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1830-1839 > image 272 of 359; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW87-1TY : 10 December 2014), Marie Alexandre Landry, 27 Sep 1898; citing Fitchburg, Massachusetts, v 483 p 678, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,526.