Marie-Reine (Menard) Mesnard (1701 - 1765)

Born 9 Dec 1701 in Contrecœur, Gouv. de Montréal, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Dominique Gareau — married 8 Jan 1735 in Contrecœur, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Died 16 Feb 1765 at age 63 in Contrecoeur, Province of Quebec, British America

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Biography

Marie-Reine (Menard) Mesnard lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Marie-Reine Mesnard (later family spelling Ménard) was born on 9 Dec 1701 at Contrecoeur, which was then part of the Gouvernement de Montréal in Nouvelle-France. ^[1]

She was the daughter of Pierre Mesnard (Ménard) and Suzanne Laporte dite St-Georges. ^{[1] [2]}

On 8 Jan 1735, Marie-Reine (who was then 33) married Dominique Gareau, who was a widower at age 50, with five children from his marriage to Geneviève Daunay. ^{[1] [2]}

Marie-Reine and Dominique lived together for the next thirty years, raising children from his prior marriage and having additional children of their own. ^[3]

Marie-Reine died at the age of about 63, on 16 Feb 1765 - and was buried in the town in which she was born, Contrecoeur - but which had recently become part of British America.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique (Université de Montréal) avec l'Institut généalogique Drouin https://www.prdh-igd.com / Family 7401
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} GQAF - Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française / Nos Origines https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Menard_Marie-Renee-Reine&pid=86762
3. ↑ PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique (Université de Montréal) avec l'Institut généalogique Drouin https://www.prdh-igd.com / Family 19255

Other sources:

• http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Menard_Marie-Renee-Reine&pid=86762&lng=en