Marie Elisabeth Boucher

     Marie Elisabeth was born on Thursday, 12 February 1682 in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, Cote-de-Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Jean Boucher & Marie Madeleine Pare. She was christened there on 14 February 1682 in the chapel of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre.¹ Elisabeth first married Julien Maufils on 28 August 1700. Marie Elisabeth married 2nd Jean Baptiste Chesnay, son of Bertrand Chesnay dit LaGarenne and Elisabeth Auber, on 8 July 1703 in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, Cote-de-Beaupre, Quebec, Canada, at the chapel of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre.² Jean Baptiste and Marie Elisabeth had children: Marie Elisabeth [7/09/1703-9/29 1775][m. 11/13/1724 Jean Baptiste Aubin dit Paradis], Jean Baptiste [1706-6/05/1731], Marie [1708- 6/04/1790][m. 6/11/1733 Charles Huot St-Laurent], Marie Felicite [1710-5/10/1779][m. 11/01/1731 Etienne Dumas], Charles [5/25/1712-7/16/1760][m. 6/26/1736 Marie Genevieve Cote], Ignace [6/25/1716-3/31/1788][m. 8/07/1741 Marie Angelique Hubert], Joseph [11/15/1718-4/28/1743] & Marie Angelique [7/14/1722-10/09/1799][m. Michel Cote].³ Marie's husband, Jean, died on 7 September 1731 in St-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lotbiniere County, Quebec, Canada, leaving her a widow. Marie departed this life on Friday, 25 April 1738 in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, at Hotel-Dieu at age 56 years, 2 months and 13 days. She was buried there in the cemetery of Notre Dame on Saturday, 26 April 1738.⁴