Gertrude
Masselot
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henri Masseleau
and Marguerite Massé
Sister of
Marie-Anne Masseleau and Sophie Masseleau
Wife of
Toussaint Menard
— married
23 Nov 1819 in Chambly (Saint Joseph), Bas-Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Marie Adelaide Menard
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Gertrude, the daughter of Henri Amable Masseleau and Marguerite Massé, was born and baptized 8 May 1796 in Chambly, Bas-Canada. The Saint Joseph parish register identifies her as "Gertrude née de ce jour du legitime mariage de Henry Masselot dit Lajoye et de Marguerite Macé son épouse--le parrain a eté Jacques Macé, la maraine Marie Gertrude [Desnes?] femme de Mathias Masselot di Lajoye, père present."[1]
She married Toussaint Menard on 23 November 1819 in Chambly. The Saint Joseph parish records state that the marriage was between "Toussaint Ménard journalier, fils majeur de Nicolas Ménard et de Pélagie Vincelet, de cette paroisse d'une part, et Gertrude Masselot, fille majeure de feu Henry Masselot vivant ferblantier [tinsmith], et de Marguerite Mâssé aussi de cette paroisse, d'autre part: . . . . en présence de Nicolas Ménard pere et de Jean Marie Ménard frère de l'´époux, de Toussaint Stébène et de Charles Désiré Viens beaufreres de l'épouse"[2]
Sources
- ↑ FS "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99S-6967?cc=1321742&wc=HCWY-MNL%3A13629001%2C13629002%2C15083101 : 16 July 2014), Chambly > Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1796-1824 > image 18 of 931; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
- ↑ FS "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99S-697S?cc=1321742&wc=HCWY-MNL%3A13629001%2C13629002%2C15083101 : 16 July 2014), Chambly > Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1796-1824 > image 766 of 931; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to James Ouellette.
- FS: Family Search Title: Database and images. LDS Church Publication: FamilySearch
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gertrude by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gertrude by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Elizabeth Hollands
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James Ouellette :
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~1.56%
Ted Schiller :
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