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Author: chagae1
Surnames: Beaugrand, Champagne, Genereux, Guignard
Classification: queries
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M-Catherine and M-Francoise Beaugrand are daughters of Jean Beaugrand dit Champagne and
Francoise Guignard
Is Marie-Catherine baptized August 14, 1709 in Sorel is the same person as Marie-Françoise
married to Ambroise Genereux on August 20, 1731 in Berthier-en-Haut?
Doubt remains since we did not find any baptismal certificate for Marie-Francoise or death
certificate for Marie- Catherine. Then it would be easy to conclude that we are dealing
with the same person. But we also know that many acts are missing for the parishes of
Sorel, Berthier and Isle-Dupas during this period.
Marie-Francoise died at the age of 62 according to the burial certificate of 1st February
1770, which would indicate she was born in 1707. This year is very possible given the
distribution of other births of children of Jean and Francoise Guignard (see table below).
However, the age at death found on burial certificates are very rough and often
overestimated in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Unfortunately the parish certificate and the marriage contract of Marie-Francoise with
Ambroise Genereux do not mention her age. However, she is said to be "major",
implying that she was born before 28 October 1710. This fact does not exclude the
possibility that it could be Marie-Catherine.
The act of guardianship of minor children of Jean and Francoise Guignard written in March
1731 only mentions Jean (it is Jean-Louis born in 1713) and Marie without any indication
of a second name (Francoise or Catherine)!
The last relevant document before 1731, is the baptism certificate of Marie-Catherine
Piette dated January 10, 1724 in Sorel where Marie-Francoise is mentioned as godmother! We
have not found so far any other documents proving the simultaneous existence of two
sisters Marie-Francoise and Marie-Catherine.
Anyone has additional info to resolve this enigma?
Jean & Francoise Guignard
Child : birth date
Marie-Anne : 07 Jan 1698
Antoine : 06 Jun 1700
Pierre : 06 Aug 1704
Marie-Francoise : 1707 ?
Pierre-Simon : 1708
Marie-Catherine : 14 Aug 1709
Geneviève : 22 Aug 1711
Jean-Louise : 01 Sep 1713
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