Marie Major

Female 1637 - 1689  (52 years)    Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Marie Major 
    Relationshipwith Therese Nadeau
    Birth 26 Feb 1637  Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Baptism 26 Feb 1637  Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Fille du Roi 1668 (30 years)  Québec, Québec-ville, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    1669 (31 years)  Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1681 (43 years)  Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Hospitalization 14 Nov 1689 (52 years)  Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Listed in list of sick people. Shown as from the Paroisse de Toucque, près de Paris, age 52 
    Death 8 Dec 1689  Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Burial 8 Dec 1689  Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Jean Major,   b. Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1650, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Father)
    Marguerite Lepele  (Mother)
    Notes 
    • ORIGIN: Marie Major (or Mazol) probably came to Canada as part of the 97 filles du Roi (king's daughters) which arrived in the summer of 1668.

      HISTORICAL NOVEL: Sergine Desjardins has written a historical novel on our ancestor Marie Major. Click on the Marie Major link on her web site to read a brief summary. (Note this book is in French.)
    Person ID I208  Antoine_Roy
    Links To This person is also Marie Major (I35) in the Roys_in_France tree on this site
    The Roys_in_France tree was provided by Monsieur Pierre Le Clercq in 2006 based on his research on the Roy families in France in the Department of Yonne Archives.

    L'arbre Roys_in_France a été fourni par Monsieur Pierre Le Clercq en 2006 crée de ses recherches sur les familles Roy en France dans les archives du Départment de l'Yonne
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2018 

    Father Jean Major,   b. Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1650, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Marguerite Lepele 
    Family ID F212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband AncestorsAntoine Roy,   b. 1635, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1684, Lachine, Île-de-Montréal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Other Partners: Catherine Byot  m. Abt 1657 
    Marriage Contract 6 Sep 1668  Greffe de Jean Lecomte, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Marriage 11 Sep 1668  Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Age at Marriage She : 31 years and 7 months - He : ~ 33 years and 9 months. 
    Children
    +1. Pierre Roy,   b. 1669, Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1734, Repentigny, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Marie Anne Martin  m. 12 Feb 1691;   Angélique Autin  m. 25 Nov 1710;   Marie Delugré  m. 30 Oct 1727
     
    Family ID F206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map Click to display
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Feb 1637 - Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 26 Feb 1637 - Saint-Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFille du Roi - 1668 - Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Sep 1668 - Notre-Dame, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps - 1669 - Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Pierre Roy - 1669 - Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1681 - Batiscan, Champlain, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsHospitalization - Listed in list of sick people. Shown as from the Paroisse de Toucque, près de Paris, age 52 - 14 Nov 1689 - Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Dec 1689 - Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 8 Dec 1689 - Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang, Québec, Québec-Ville, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend School Cemetery Hospital/Nursing Home Historical Name Church/Parish Town/City/Commune County/Department State/Province/Region Country Military Not Set

  • Histories
    King's Daughters (Filles du Roi)
    King's Daughters (Filles du Roi)
    The King's Daughters (Filles du Roi) were women sent to the New France by the King to help populate the colony.

    Historical Maps
    Antoine Roy and Pierre Roy along the St. Lawrence
    Antoine Roy and Pierre Roy along the St. Lawrence
    Map showing the villages along the St. Lawrence. MouseOver popups on the village names provide pertinent facts on Antoine Roy dit Desjardins (blue popups) and his son Pierre Roy's presence (green popups) in those villages.

  • Sources 
    1. [S123] Archives départementales de Calvados, Touques Saint-Thomas B.M.S. 1628-1692 5 MI-EC page 16,
      [Subscription site. Image of Marie's baptismal record in les Archives Departmentales du Calvados for Touques, Saint-Thomas B.M.S. 1628-1692 5 MI-EC page 16 was provided by Allen J. Voisine on 8 Oct 2011].

    2. [S102] Dumas, Silvio, Les filles du Roi en Nouvelle-France: étude historique avec répertoire biographicque, page 291,
      [online at Our Roots / Nos Racines].

    3. [S91] Université de MontréalRépertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #403521,
      [shown as from Lisieux (meaning the diocese of)].

    4. [S91] Université de MontréalRépertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #97339.

    5. [S91] Université de MontréalRépertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #412949.

    6. [S17] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection, Québec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967 (Ancestry, Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang de Québec 1689-1698 img 16,
      [image from the Drouin Collection, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Québec (Hôpitaux) (Québec (Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang de Québec), registre des malades) > 1689-1698 > 16 was provided by Allen J. Voisine on 8 Oct 2011].

    7. [S91] Université de MontréalRépertoire des Actes de Baptême du PRDH, ID #72768.

    8. [S96] George Desjardins, s.j., Antoine Roy dit Desjardins (1635 - 1684) et ses descendants, page 12-14.

    9. [S96] George Desjardins, s.j., Antoine Roy dit Desjardins (1635 - 1684) et ses descendants, LDS Film #1036635 Item #3 p 16-17,
      [Witnesses were Laurent Cambin, Pierre Fournier dit DesForges, and Jean DeLorme].