Nicolas Cartier

     Nicolas was born on Tuesday, 5 March 1686 in Neuville, Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Guillaume Cartier & Marie Etiennette Garnier. He was christened there on 7 March 1686 in St-Francois-de-Sales Church.¹ Nicolas married Gertrude Niquet, daughter of Pierre-Rene Niquet and Francoise Lemoine, on 23 January 1708 in St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska County, Quebec, Canada, at St-Francois-du-Lac Church.² Nicolas and Gertrude had children: Eutache [11/11/1708-12/14/1725], Marie Agathe Jeanne [2/28/1710-1/17/1777][m. 1/171736 Jean Baptiste Chevalier], Michel [1/13/1713][m. 1/31/1743 Marie Anne Crevier dit Descheneaux], Louis [2/23/1715-11/29/1756][m. 10/28/1748 Marie Jeanne Elisabeth Babie dit DuPeron], Jean Baptiste Canaan [10/10/1716-3/15/1768][m. 1/26/1750 Marie Anne Jeanne Couturier dit Labonte], Antoine [7/13/1718][m. 11/03/1751 Marie Francoise Couturier dit Labonte], Jacques [1/27/1720-7/14/1774][m. 1/11/1751 Marie Couturier], Claude [10/05/1722-9/29/1799][m. 11/22/1751 Marie Agathe Renoux dit LaChapelle], Jean Baptiste [1724-3/29/1769], Marie Therese [2/13/1726][m. 11/15/1751 Regis Pinard dit Lauzier], Genevieve [10/31/1727-11/13/1727], Marguerite [4/09/1729], Joseph [4/09/1729-2/01/1730] & Joseph [3/19/1733-2/24/1807][m. 8/25/1755 Marie Ursule Hus dit Paul].³ His wife, Gertrude, died on 5 April 1755 in St-Francois-du-Lac, leaving him a widower. Nicolas departed this life on Saturday, 30 December 1758 in St-Francois-du-Lac at age 72 years, 9 months and 25 days. He was buried there in the cemetery of St-Francois-du-Lac on Sunday, 31 December 1758.⁴