Pierre Duchenay

     Pierre was born circa 1736. Pierre married Marie-Anne Ayotte, daughter of Ignace Ayotte and Anne-Francoise Lecuyer dit Laneuville, on 25 November 1761 in Louiseville, Quebec, Canada, at St-Antoine-de-la-Riviiere-du-Loup Church.¹ Pierre & Marie-Anne had children: Marguerite Placide [10/12/1762][m. 10/18/1784 Jean-Baptiste Cartier & 2nd. 6/01/1795 Etienne Lamy], Jean Evangeliste [1764-3/27/1780], Marie Angelique [4/02/1766], Elisabeth [8/30/1767-6/28/1845][m. 10/25/1790 Alexandre Bareille dit Lajoie], Genevieve [6/10/1769-12/08/1809][m. 7/31/1786 Gabriel Brisard dit St Germain], Marie Anne [6/19/1771-7/29/1771, Marie Elisabeth [10/13/1772] & Angelique [11/20/1776].² Pierre's wife, Marie-Anne, died circa 10 March 1790 in Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada, leaving him a widower. Pierre married a second time on 25 October 1790 to Claire Lefebvre at Maskinonge.³ Pierre departed this life on Thursday, 31 January 1805 in Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada. He was buried there in the churchyard of St-Joseph on Friday, 1 February 1805.⁴