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CHATEL, Thomine

CHATEL, Thomine

Female Abt 1600 - Aft 1667  (> 68 years)

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  • Name CHATEL, Thomine  [1] 
    Birth Abt 1600  Autheuil, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1667  Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19697  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F13509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 BIGOT, Jean   d. Bef 3 Feb 1632 
    Marriage 13 Jun 1630  Eglise Sainte-Madeleine, La Ventrouze, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. BIGOT, Francoise,   b. 7 May 1631, Eglise Sainte-Madeleine, La Ventrouze, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1706, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F13506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F13510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1600 - Autheuil, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Jun 1630 - Eglise Sainte-Madeleine, La Ventrouze, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 1667 - Quebec, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Thomine's first husband died shortly after they were married, when she was pregnant with her second child. S quickly remarried as was necessary and expected in those days. Her second husband abandoned her by 1638, leaving her alone to care for her young daughter and son. As she was still technically married, she was unable to remarry and in May 1642 she requested and was given permission from governemnt authorities to sell the belonging she jointly ownder with her husband, as she needed the money. She received only 12 livres, an amount that illustrates her poverty.

      In 1646, she was recruited by Noel Juchareau, a recruiter for New France. He had been a witness at her second marriage, so he was someone Thomine knew. On March 16, 1646 she arranged to rent her farm to Giles Chastel and did something almost no woman woudl do at that time, boarding a ship with her two teenaged children, bound for New France. It is believed that they sailed on the La Marguerite that arrived in Quebec on August 6, 1647.

      Her daughter Francoise married soon after arriving in Quebec, and Thomine mostly likely lived with her. In 1656, she was one of several who received the Scapular of Mont-Carmel, and she was confirmed at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec on August 10, 1659. The last record of her was living in her daughter's household during the 1667 census.

      Story found on the website Ancestor Biographies: http://ancestorbios.blogspot.com/2020/02/abandoned-by-husband-in-france-thomine.html

  • Sources 
    1. [S2937] PRDH-IGD, Family # 539 [Couple] of Charles GUILBAULT and Francoise BIGOT.
      https://www.prdh-igd.com/Membership/en/PRDH/Famille/539
      Family - 539 - PRDH-IGD      		 Family - 539 - PRDH-IGD


    2. [S1896] Peter J. Gagne, Before the King's Daughters: The Filles a Marier, 1634-1662, (Name: Quintin Publications; Location: Pawtucket, RI; Date: 2002;), Francoise Bigot Entry pages 64-65.


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