Marie Elisabeth Thiffault dit Lasavane

     Marie was born in Batiscan, Les Chenaux County, Quebec, Canada. She is the daughter of Damien Thiffault & Marie-Renee Lafond. She was christened there on 6 December 1719 in Ste-Genevieve Church.¹ Marie Elisabeth married Simon Ayotte, son of Etienne Ayotte and Anne-Felicite Bonhomme dit Beaupre, 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 Marie's husband, Simon, died between 9 September 1776 and 25 November 1782, leaving her a widow. Marie departed this life on Thursday, 10 September 1795 in Batiscan, Les Chenaux County, Quebec, Canada. She was buried there in the churchyard of Ste-Genevieve on Friday, 11 September 1795.⁴