Anne Rocheron

     Anne was born on Saturday, 26 July 1681 in Ile-d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Gervais Rocheron & Marie-Madeleine Guyon. She was christened on the same day there in Ste-Famile Church.¹ Anne married Nicolas DuMay, son of Jean DuMay and Jeanne Vedie, on 3 May 1700 in Ste-Familie at Ste-Famile Church.² Nicolas & Anne had children: Michel [3/10/1701-11/15/1759][m. 2/11/1726 Marguerite Gagnon], Marie-Anne [12/06/1702-2/20/1703], Angelique [7/18/1704-7/08/1725], Joseph [3/07/1706-1/25/1772][m. 10/29/1732 Marie-Josephe Gingres & 2nd 10/30/1758 Catherine Grenier], Marie-Louise [10/21/1707-9/30/1714], Marie-Anne [1/08/1709-10/11/1772][m. 5/05/1732 Francois Boucher], Marie-Francoise [9/26/1710-2/20/1781][m. 4/13/1739 Bonaventure Gagnon], Marie-Therese [12/25/1712-9/26/1714], Charles [9/08/1714-9/24/1756][m. 2/16/1740 Marie-Francoise Huard], Jean-Baptiste [5/29/1716-12/29/1788][m. 11/20/1741 Marie-Madeleine Hamel], Francois [12/02/1717-1/19/1718], Marie-Marguerite [4/22/1719-7/02/1750][m. 11/25/1736 Joseph Dubois dit Lafrance], Marie-Louise [7/03/1720-4/13/1785][m. 10/07/1743 Michel Rousseau], Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas [1/12/1722], Francois [1/11/1724-4/27/1800][m. 7/24/1747 Marie-Anne Baricour] & Marie Marguerite [8/10/1726-4/23/1776][m. 9/30/1748 Alexis Gauthier].³ Anne's husband, Nicolas, died on 16 December 1740 in St-Nicolas, Levis County, Quebec, Canada, leaving her a widow. Anne departed this life in St-Nicolas. She was buried there in the churchyard of St-Nicolas on Tuesday, 28 May 1754.⁴