Marie-Anne Carrier

     Marie-Anne was born on Sunday, 9 May 1700 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon, Levis County, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Charles Carrier & Marie Gesseron. She was christened on the same day there in St-Joseph Church.¹ Marie-Anne married Jean Guay, son of Louis Guyet and Marie-Susanne Samson, on 6 November 1722 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon at St-Joseph Church.² Jean & Marie-Anne had children: Marie-Anne [9/06/1723-1/01/1753][m. 7/01/1750 Louis Lemieux], Jean [10/16/1725][m. 8/02/1751 Suzanne-Genevieve Samson], Charles Jean [2/21/1728-11/30/1785][m. 2/09/1756 Veronique Gousse], Joseph [3/01/1731-12/26/1821][m. 11/26/1755 Angelique Turgeon], Marguerite [5/31/1735-12/19/1824][m. 11/24/1756 Joseph Samson], Louis [12/22/1739-8/23/1805][m. 8/03/1768 Marie Genevieve Lemieux] & Lucy Agathe [12/17/1745-1/18/1836][m. 1/27/1766 Jean Martin Baptiste Guay].³ Marie-Anne's husband, Jean, died on 4 September 1756 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon leaving her a widow. Marie-Anne departed this life on Friday, 30 November 1781 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon at age 81 years, 6 months and 21 days. She was buried there in the cemetery of St-Joseph on Sunday, 2 December 1781.⁴