Antoine Bibeau

     Antoine was born in Sorel, St-Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Nicolas Bibeau & Marguerite Pelletier. He was christened there on 23 March 1723 in St-Pierre Church.¹ A contract for the marriage of Antoine and Celeste-Isabelle Sylvestre dit Champagne was signed on 5 January 1754. It was noted that Antoine was 32 and his parents were Nicolas Bibault & Marguerite Peltier and that Celeste was 19 and her parents were Niolas Sylvestre & Marie Elisabeth Laporte. The contract was drawn up by the notary Cyr Demonnerque.² Antoine & Celeste-Isabelle had children: Antoine [8/25/1755-4/19/1837][m. 9/10/1781 Marie Theotiste St-Martin], Antoine [8/31/1757-9/04/1757], Marie Josephe [1759-8/04/1797][m. 2/24/1783 Joseph Louis Dumas], Joseph Hippolyte [3/16/1762], Marie-Anne [6/02/1764][m. 6/02/1783 Francoise Dupre dit Pichet], Marie-Celesite [9/06/1766-8/20/1803][m. 6/02/1783 Antoine-Francois Lavallee], Michel [10/02/1771-12/16/1813][m. 1/12/1795 Marie Therese Vandal] & Charles [2/03/1774].³ Antoine departed this life on Thursday, 10 September 1795 in Sorel.⁴ He was buried there in the churchyard of St-Pierre on Saturday, 12 September 1795.⁵