Marie Letartre

     Marie was born on Friday, 29 August 1681 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency County, Quebec, Canada. She was christened there on 30 August 1681 in the church of L'Ange-Gardien.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Letartre and Marie Maheu. Marie married Charles Brisson on 26 November 1698 in L'Ange-Gardien at the church of L'Ange-Gardien.² Charles & Marie had children: Francois-Charles [11/24/1700-1/30/1751][m. 7/31/1730 Brigitte Tremblay], Ignace [12/08/1702][m. 12/01/1731 Marguerite Lavoie], Athanase [1705-12/05/1725], Jean Baptiste [3/12/1707-4/25/1731], Marie Madeleine [1/20/1709-4/24/1770][m. 2/09/1733 Zacharie Cloutier], Marie Francois [7/10/1710-4/25/1791][m. 10/12/1733 Guillaume Gravel & 2nd Joachim Therrien] & Marie-Josephe [3/25/1712-4/12/1785][m. 1/14/1737 Francois Barbe dit Lafortune].³ Marie's husband, Charles, died on 11 July 1712 in Riviere-Ouelle, Kamouraska County, Quebec, Canada, leaving her a widow. Marie married 2nd Louis Tremblay on 26 August 1716 in L'Ange-Gardien at the church of L'Ange-Gardien.⁴ Louis & Marie had children: Marie-Josephe [6/02/1717-11/24/1735][m. 1/10/1735 Francois Simard dit Lombrette], Andre [4/23/1719-6/08/1804][m. 4/28/1739 Marie Catherine Bouchard] & Joseph [8/13/1720-11/17/1758][m. 11/06/1742 Marguerite Bouchard].⁵ Marie departed this life on Saturday, 20 July 1726 in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, at Hotel-Dieu at age 44 years, 10 months and 21 days. She was buried there in the cemetery of Notre Dame on Sunday, 21 July 1726.⁶