Marie-Ursule Pepin

     Marie-Ursule was born on Saturday, 6 May 1662 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Guillaume Pepin & Jeanne Messin. She was christened on the same day there in the church of the Immaculate Conception.¹ She married Nicolas Gelffroy circa 1678. The couple had a daughter, Madeleine [1679]. A contract for the marriage of Louis Pinard & Marie-Ursule Pepin was signed on 25 November 1680. It was drawn up by notary Antoine Adhemar. It noted that Ursule was the daughter of Guillaume Pepin & Jeanne Meschin and the widow of Nicolas Geoffroy.² Marie-Ursule married Louis Pinard on 30 November 1680 in Champlain at the church of La Visitation.³ 1681, Marie-Ursule and her husband, Louis, were listed on the Canadian Census in Champlain. Enumerated in this household were Louis Pinard [44 years], his wife: Marie Pepin [20 years], Marie [16 years], Claude [14 years], Louis [12 years], Marguerite [10 years], Angelique [4 years], Madelein Geoffroy [2 years].⁴ Marie-Ursule's husband, Louis, died circa 12 January 1695 in Batiscan, Les Chenaux County, Quebec, Canada, leaving her a widow. Marie-Ursule departed this life in Nicolet, Nicolet County, Quebec, Canada. She was buried there in the churchyard of St-Jean-Baptiste on Tuesday, 2 August 1740.⁵