Marguerite Hedouin

     Marguerite was born on Tuesday, 22 February 1684 in Petite-Riviere, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada. She was christened there on 23 February 1684 in the Basilica of Notre Dame.¹ A contract for the marriage of Jean Lecomte & Marguerite Hedouin was signed on 29 April 1703 at Quebec, Canada.² Marguerite married Jean Lecomte on 1 May 1703 in ville de Quebec at the Basilica of Notre Dame.³ Jean & Margurite had children: Marie Madeleine-Francoise [6/23/1704], Louise Elisabeth [4/07/1706-3/14/1771][m. 9/28/1724 Francois Clement Racine], Jean [6/19/1707-9/13/1707], Jean Michel [9/29/1708-10/05/1714], Edmond-Joseph [10/13/1709-12/04/1709], Marie Louise [11/12/1710-9/30/1714], Jean Marie [7/11/1712-10/05/1714], Marie-Therese [11/29/1713-9/22/1714], Marie-Angelique [2/27/1715-9/05/1807], Urbain [11/04/1716-10/16/1776], Jean Francois[3/29/1719-1/29/1720], Michel Louis [9/26/1720-10/01/1720], Jean-Baptiste [9/10/1722-1/23/1723] & Jean [3/18/1726-10/17/1726].⁴ Marguerite's husband, an unknown person , died on 28 November 1745 in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, leaving her a widow. Marguerite departed this life on Monday, 26 November 1753 in ville de Quebec at age 69 years, 9 months and 4 days. She was buried there in the cemetery of Notre Dame on Tuesday, 27 November 1753.⁵