Josephte, daughter of Pierre LeDuc and Marie Joseph Lalonde, was born 22 September 1766 and baptized the following day. The parish register of Ste Anne du bout de l'île identifies her as "Marie Joseph née hier au soir, fille légitime de Pierre Leduc et de Marie Joseph Lalonde ses pere et mere habitats de cette paroisse. Parrain a été Antoine Leduc oncle de la baptisée et maraine Marie Lalonde tante de la dit baptisée."[1]
Marriage
On 17 February 1786, she married Adrien Hébert in Les Cèdres. The Saint Joseph de Soulanges parish register states that the marriage was between "Adrien Hébert habitant fils de François Hebert et de Marie Arseno ses pere et mere de la paroisse de Chateauguay d'une part; et Josephte Leduc fille de Pierre Leduc et de Josephte Lalande ses pere et mere de cette paroisse [illegible] d'autre part; . . . . en présence du coté de l'époux de Paul Hébert, françois Hébert et François [Brubonné?]; et du coté de l'époux d'Augustin Leduc, Joseph Leduc, Jacques Lavigne et plusieurs autres parent et amis."[2]
Children
Together, the couple had 15 children, 8 of whom died in infancy or childhood:
Felicite Hebert, 20 Jun 1787 to 04 Feb 1865, Married Joachim Gendron
Adrien Hebert, 24 Mar 1789 to 12 Apr 1870, Married: Daigneau Catherine
Francois Hebert, 29 Jan 1791 to 01 Sep 1873, Married Catherine Barrette and Francoise Couillard
Louis-Adrien Hebert, 18 Jan 1793 to 05 Mar 1880, Married Julie Pitre
Geoffroy Hebert, 21 Nov 1794 to 21 Jan 1870, Married Archange Daigneau
Jean-Baptiste Hebert, 03 Jul 1796 to 03 Jul 1796
Josephte Hebert, 24 Sep 1797, 06 Jan 1877, Married Antoine Marchand
Hubert Hebert, 19 Apr 1799 to 10 Aug 1799,
Angelique Hebert, 09 Jul 1800 to 25 Jul 1800,
Joseph Hebert, 15 Sep 1801 to 26 Sep 1801,
Joseph Hebert, 30 Aug 1802 to 29 Mar 1803,
Angelique Hebert, 09 Apr 1804 to 20 Dec 1895, Married Pierre Gendron
Paul Hebert, 05 Aug 1805 to 03 Oct 1805,
Joseph Hebert, 22 Mar 1807 to 01 Apr 1811,
Pierre Hebert, 25 Jul 1811 to 20 Aug 1811
Death
Marie Josephte died 6 August 1832 at the age of 70, two days after her husband Adrien passed away. The couple was buried in the same ceremony two days later.[3][4]
Fact: Christening (23 septembre 1766) Sainte-Anne-du-Bout-de-l'Isle, Montreal, Quebec, British Colonial America
Fact: Burial (8 August 1832) Saint-Clement-de-Beauharnois, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
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