Person Sheet


Name Marguerite BENARD
Birth Date Feb 22, 1626109
Birth Place Chartres-sur-Montlhery (now Arpajon), Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Birth Memo St-Clement Parish
Death Date May 20, 1697109
Death Place Ste-Famille I.O. Parish, PQ Canada
Burial Date May 21, 1697109
Burial Place Ste-Famille I.O. Parish, PQ Canada
Burial Memo Father Francois Lamy. Also present were Maurice Crespeau and Andre Gautier.
Father Denis BENARD
Mother Marie MICHELET
Spouses
1 Cesar LEGER
Birth Date ? 109
Birth Place Mornac (now Mornac-sur-Seudre), Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Birth Memo St-Pierre Parish
Death Date bef Nov 5, 1651112
Death Place Sillery Parish, PQ Canada
Occupation "maître taillandier" [master toolmaker]109
Father Jean LEGER
Mother Marie MESSAGUE
Marriage Date Aug 26, 1647109
Marriage Place Sillery Parish, PQ Canada
Marriage Memo Father Barthelemy Vimont. No witnesses are listed.
2 Claude BOUCHARD dit DORVAL
Birth Date ca 1612109
Birth Place Montigny-Lengrain, Aisne, Picardie, France
Death Date bef 1681109
Death Place PQ Canada
Death Memo Marguerite is shown as a widow in the 1681 census.
Occupation "habitant"109
Father Claude BOUCHARD
Mother Marie FERMERY
Marriage Date Nov 20, 1651109
Marriage Place Québec Parish, PQ Canada
Marriage Memo Father Joseph Poncet. Also present were Jean Bourdon, Thomas Hayot and Nicolas Cheniau.
Children Jean Baptiste (<1652-?)
Marie (<1654-?)
Charles (1656-?)
Paul (1662-?)
Jean Baptiste (<1658-?)
Claude (<1660-?)
Marguerite Marie (1665-?)
Notes for Marguerite BENARD
This family is shown in the 1681 census of Ste-Famille I.O. as follows:
Marguerite BESNARD, 50, "habitant", Jean DORVAL, 25, Paul DORVAL, 19; Madeleine ?, 22, Augustin ?, 4, Jean ?, 1. These last three people are Marie Madeleine CLOUTIER, wife of Jean [Baptiste], above, and her children Augustin GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE and Jean Baptiste BOUCHARD dit DORVAL.109
Research Notes
NAME: Her last name is also given as BENART, as BESNARD, and as BESNAR.109

MARRIAGE: Her marriage contract with Cesar was executed on Aug 17, 1647 at an unknown place in PQ before notary Claude Lecoustre. The marriage is registered in Québec Parish, but a note on the entry indicates it was celebrated in Sillery Parish.109
Last Modified Mar 25, 2003 Created Dec 31, 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh

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