Marie Boyer

     Marie was born circa 16 February 1677 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Nicolas Boyer & Marguerite Maclin. On 16 February 1677, she was christened in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the Basilica of Notre Dame.¹ Marie married Charles Gervais, son of Jean Gervais and Anne Archambault, on 29 October 1693 in Montreal at the Basilica of Notre Dame.² Charles & Marie had children: Marie-Anne [3/17/1696-9/06/1771][m. 6/30/1716 Bertrand Trudeau], Marguerite [1/24/1698][m. 11/17/1732 Blaise Richard], Nicolas [3/26/1699-11/22/1765][m. 9/21/1723 Marie-Madeleine Jourdain & 2nd 7/28/1750 Marie-Francoise Lenoir], Madeleine [9/03/1700-8/1772][m. 11/30/1724 Claude Caron], Genevieve [2/24/1702-4/01/1764][m. 5/02/1725 Julien Rivard], Marie-Josephe [9/13/1704-3/21/1789][m. 11/22/1729 Jean Rivard], Cecile [1/17/1706][m. 8/14/1747 Toussaint Beautry], Louis [4/12/1708-2/05/1763][m. 2/18/1737 Madeleine Langlois], Francoise [5/08/1712-6/01/1784][m. 11/15/1751 Antoine Lupien] & Charles [4/11/1715-10/20/1788][m. 7/27/1743 Celeste-Marie-Cecile Plessis]. Marie's husband, Charles, died on 23 February 1753 in Montreal leaving her a widow. Marie departed this life on Sunday, 9 January 1763 in St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Vercheres County, Quebec, Canada. She was buried there in the churchyard of St-Antoine on Tuesday, 11 January 1763.³