Simon Ayotte

     Simon was born on Wednesday, 27 October 1717 in Neuville, Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada. He was christened there on 28 October 1717 in St-Francois-de-Sales Church.¹ Simon married Marie Elisabeth Thiffault dit Lasavane on 12 February 1747 in Batiscan, Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada, at Ste-Genevieve Church.² Simon and Marie Elisabeth had children: Felicite [12/28/1747], Marie Francoise Elisabeth [3/29/1750-6/10/1830][m. 9/09/1776 Joseph Veillette], Marie [12/11/1751-12/02/1792][m. 2/14/1773 Louis-Joseph Bertrand dit Starnaud], a child [9/07/1753-9/07/1753], Marie Madeleine [9/01/1754-2/22/1785][m. 8/11/1783 Francois Langevin dit Bronsard], Joseph-Simon [8/27/1756-10/16/1830][m. 11/25/1782 Marie Josephte Massicotte], Simon [9/19/1759-3/19/1835][m. 5/14/1788 Josephe Verdet dit Laverdure, 2nd 10/22/1821 Julie Veillette & 3rd 2/05/1833 Josephe Lafontaine], Elisabeth [1760-2/17/1787], Louis [7/30/1762-4/20/1843][m. 1/23/1797 Francoise Flageole dit Latulippe] & a child [3/22/1765-3/22/1765].³ Simon departed this life between 9 September 1776 and 25 November 1782. He was living when his daughter Marie Francoise was married and had died before his son Simon Joseph was married.