Translation of 1761 document from French to English
I have a document involving an ancestor and the guardianship of his children of deceased wife.
Here is the link to view document:
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3417331
Any help would translating would be fantastic......and perhaps help me find out if the children lived into adulthood....
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Godmother of Julie (born 1754) was Louise Bourbonnaise, who signed the register (which is kind of unusual for that time period).
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My French and handwriting deciphering skills aren't up to the whole document, but I poked around. Some or all of this you probably already know.
Raymond and Genevieve had at least two daughters: Marie Genevieve Calmet b 3 oct 1753, and Julie Calmet, born 3 sep 1754, both baptized at Chambly. I couldn't find any later records of them.
On 4 oct 1756 in Chambly, Raymond Calmet-Jolibois, widower of Genevieve Carry, married Marie Catherine Choiniere-Sabourin. They had several children who lived to adulthood and married. That marriage predates this arrangement; they had the children after the document. At least one family tree in Ancestry.com shows a daughter of Genevieve Carry and Raymond Calmet-Jolibois to have married Pierre Gaboury, but that is not correct. It is Marie Calmet, daughter of Raymond and his second wife, Catherine Choiniere-Sabourin.
Raymond was from France. They were a Metis couple, since he married a Native American.
The linked document is really tough - I think. Year looks like 1763 but even that is hard to read. I see Joseph Sabourin referenced, could be the father of the second wife, but can't be sure. Sorry I can't help more. Not sure why they would be doing it at that time.
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Thank you for looking....yes some of the info I am familiar with. Curious about the document being after the marriage with Sabourin.
I could barely make out Joseph Sabourin name( Marie Catherine father)
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You probably already know other children born to Raymond and Marie Catherine, in addition to the 1757 Marie Catherine:
- Marie Catherine, born 21 mar 1764, bapt at Chambly
- Marie Agathe, born 2 jun 1766, bapt at Chambly
- Marie, born 1 dec 1768, bapt at Chambly.
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Where did you get Louise Bourbonnais? From the document? Omgosh.....more clues!
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Parish Record - Chambly (St. Joseph), 1754, from Drouin Institute.
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Godfather is Francois Lavoix.
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My question is why did Raymond Calmet-Jolibois come to Chambly from France? He wasn't part of the Carignan Regiment, that I can see.
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What happened to Indian Geneviève Caris?
This young Indian from the Panisse nation, a slave in the service of Commander Pierre-Jacques Daneau de Muy (1695-1758), found herself in Chambly around 1751, arriving undoubtedly following the displacement of her master. Indeed, Daneau de Muy had been commander of Fort Detroit in 1725 and at Fort Saint-Joseph (Michigan). Moreover, he returned to the Detroit in 1754 to stay there until 1758 when he died.
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Throughout the fall of 1746 de Muy’s detachment kept the American frontier uneasy. The year 1747 found him transferred to the Montreal region, where he commanded first at Prairie-de-la-Madeleine (Laprairie, Que.) then later in the year at Lac des Deux-Montagnes. In the following year he was promoted captain. From 1752 to 1754 he was commandant of Fort Chambly, during which time he was granted a seigneury on the east side of Lake Champlain.
Excerpt from:
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/daneau_de_muy_jacques_pierre_3E.html
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thank you!!!!
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