Angelique Marcotte

     Angelique was born on Wednesday, 28 May 1721 in Cap-Sante, Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada. She was the daugher of Francois Marcotte & Marie-Therese Desnoyers. She was christened there on 29 May 1721 in Ste-Familie Church.¹ She married Pierre Brunet, son of Francois Brunette and Louise Letartre, on 3 October 1741 at the church of St-Joseph, Deschambault, Portneuf County, Quebec, Canada.² Pierre & Angelique had children: Marie-Angelique [2/15/1743], Pierre [7/26/1745-9/26/1830][m. 1/30/1792 Marguerite Hamelin dit Belou], Louis-Joseph [11/18/1746-1/26/1833][m. 1/31/1774 Marie-Josephe Montambault dit Leveille], Jacques [12/25/1747-12/28/1747], Francois [3/16/1749], Scholastique [11/21/1750-11/28/1750], Marie-Francoise [7/11/1752-7/28/1827][m. 8/06/1787 Pierre-Jean Falardeau], Jean-Baptiste [11/24/1753], Pelagie [/23/1756-9/09/1756], Ambroise [6/26/1759-3/24/1828][m. 4/30/1792 Catherine Lajoie dit Husson], Jean-Francois [8/23/1761-8/25/1761] & Marie-Josephe [1/02/176411/25/1805][m. 11/13/1780 Francois Roy dit Portelance].³ Angelique's husband, Pierre, died on 1 June 1781 in Deschambault leaving her a widow. Angelique departed this life on Tuesday, 30 April 1799 in Deschambault at age 77 years, 11 months and 2 days. On the same day, she was buried there in the churchyard of St-Joseph.⁴