Marguerite Belanger

     Marguerite was born in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. She was christened there on 23 November 1645 in the Basilica of Notre Dame.¹ Marguerite married Antoine Berton dit Chatillon on 19 November 1663 in Chateau-Richer, Montmorency County, Quebec, Canada, at the church of La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame.² Antoine and Marguerite had two children, Marie [8/28/1664-2/17/1703][m. 1/17/1689 Nicolas Janvrin Dufresne] & Antoinette [2/25/1666-4/01/1666].³ Marguerite married 2nd Louis Levasseur on 13 December 1666 in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, at the Basilica of Notre Dame.⁴ Louis and Marguerite had children: Marguerite [9/21/1667-11/18/1739][m. 2/21/1689 Pierre Duroy], Jean Francois [11/16/2669], Louis [12/27/1671-6/03/1748], Genevieve [10/14/1675-11/29/1734], Marie Therese Anne [4/09/1678-1/03/1703][m. 6/30/1696 Jean Baptiste Fournel], Charles [4/08/1680], Marie Anne Catherine [4/01/1682-12/16/1702], child [5/25/1684-5/25/1684], Francoise [9/24/1685-10/11/1685] & Jacques [7/31/1687-8/04/1687].⁵ 1667, Marguerite and her husband, Louis, were listed on the Canadian Census in Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada. Enumerated in this household were Louis Levasseur [31 years], Marguerite Belanger [21 years], Marie Berson [3 years] & Pierre Sasseville [25 years]. 1681, Marguerite and her husband, Louis, were listed on the Canadian Census at ville de Quebec. Enumerated in this household were Louis Levasseur [53 years] Marguerite Boullanger [36 years], Marguerite [14 years], Jean [12 years], Louis [10 years], Genevieve [6 years], Anne [4 years], Charles [1 year], Madeleine Berson [17 years] & a domestic Etienne [20 years].⁶ Marguerite's husband, Louis, died circa 1 July 1690 in ville de Quebec, leaving her a widow. Marguerite departed this life in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. She was buried there in the cemetery of Notre Dame on Monday, 22 January 1703.⁷