Evidence

Transcription

Page 115, under COMTE:

Louis        Pascal & Véronique Lériger        CONS   01-02-1830   DAVID, Rose

Page 130, under DAVID:

Rose         François & Catherine Aguenier     CONS   01-02-1830   COMTE, Louis

The parish code table (p. 7) gives CONS = St-Constant, PHIL = St-Philippe, ISID = St-Isidore, JACQ = St-Jacques-le-Mineur.

What it says about each party

Groom: Louis Comte, son of Pascal Comte and Véronique Lériger. Bride: Rose David, daughter of François David and Catherine Aguenier. Married at St-Constant, 1 February 1830. No vf/ve marking on either entry — recorded as a first marriage for both.

Compiled, secondary: this is the trail to the act, not the act. Page 115 also carries, under COMTE: Pie. Pascal, Pierre & Geneviève Boullerie, PHIL 16-04-1787, LÉRIGER Véronique — the groom’s parents’ own marriage — and three further Comte entries (1824, 1827, 1828, all CONS) whose mother is given as Marguerite Sorel (two) or Véronique Laplante (one). Lériger and Laplante are the same dit-name family; Sorel is not. Whether one Pascal Comte married twice or two Pascals lived at St-Constant is the first question the ascent will have to answer.

Page 130, under DAVID, carries four children of François David & Catherine Aguenier marrying at CONS between 1823 and 1830 (Catherine 1823, Joseph 1828, Rose 1830, Marguerite 1830).

Names in this act without a person file

From the COMTE section: Pauline Comte (1824), M.-Olive Comte (1827), Véronique Comte (1828) and their spouses (names smeared on the scan); Marguerite Sorel, given as mother of the 1827–28 children — see Q-0002. From the DAVID section: Catherine David × J.-B. Ménard (1823), Joseph David × Françoise Ménard (1828), Marguerite David × Abraham Gagné (1830).

(Updated 2026-09-20, same day: mentions: filled once the person files existed — the record was written before them, and check E008 caught the gap.)

Read again for Q-0002 (29 Sept 2026)

The PDF’s page numbers are the printed page numbers. Page 115 re-rendered at 400 dpi and the COMTE block re-cropped; the spouses’ names that were « smeared » above are legible in their shape, and each is confirmed by the husband’s own entry elsewhere in the volume. The whole COMTE block, in the book’s order:

Louis          Pascal & Véronique Lériger     CONS   01-02-1830   DAVID, Rose
Véronique      Pascal & Marguerite Sorel      CONS   19-05-1828   GOURD, Louis
M.Olive        Pascal & Marguerite Sorel      CONS   24-09-1827   LECLERC, Georges
Pie.Pascal     Pierre & Geneviève Boullerie   PHIL   16-04-1787   LÉRIGER, Véronique
Pauline        Pascal & Véronique Laplante    CONS   25-10-1824   MAILLOUX, François

The husbands’ entries:

• p. 224, GOURD: Louis — Pierre & Marguerite Binet — CONS 19-05-1828 — COMTE, Véronique.
• p. 288, LECLERC: Georges — Eustache & Marie Cardinal — CONS 24-09-1827 — COMTE, M.Olive.
• p. 333, MAILLOUX: François — Toussaint & Charlotte Betourné — CONS 25-10-1824 — COMTE, Pauline.

The 1830 act’s unresolved witness, « François Maill[e]rot(?), son beau-frère » (S-0002), fits François Mailloux, husband of Pauline Comte since 1824 — a lead for the reading, not a correction of the transcription; only the 1824 act can settle it.

Searched and not found. No Comte, Compte, Lecomte, Lecompte or Sompte groom in the volume marries a Sorel, and the SOREL – SAUREL – LANDRENAULT section (pp. 471–472) has no Comte spouse. So no Pascal Comte × Marguerite Sorel marriage took place in St-Philippe, St-Constant, St-Isidore or St-Jacques-le-Mineur (as far as this compiler indexed them). The same search in the Napierville, Lachine and Laprairie-cathedral répertoires on the NAS (text layer only, poor OCR) found nothing either — weaker evidence, and not recorded as a source.

Found and not used. p. 288, LECOMPTE: Amable Isab. — Pierre & Geneviève Bourrice — CONS 31-09-1793 — LEMIEUX, Pierre — a Comte daughter of Pierre & Geneviève Boullerice, so a sister of Pascal, marrying at St-Constant in 1793 (the date « 31-09 » is impossible as printed). The family was at St-Constant by then; the 1787 act had them at Pointe-Claire. Same page: Joseph — Pierre & Louise Chevalier — CONS 21-10-1793 — MONTOUR, Isabelle, a different Pierre Lecompte’s son.

Transcription

Marginal heading: M. Louis Comte / Rose David

Le premier février mil huit cent trente après la due publication de trois bans de mariage entre Louis Comte, journalier de cette paroisse, fils majeur de Pascal Comte et de Véronique Lériger de Laplante, et Rose David, fille mineure de François David, cultivateur et de Catherine Aguenier, de cette paroisse, nous soussigné avec l’agrément de leurs parens susdits, avons reçu leur mutuel consentement de mariage et leur avons donné la bénédiction nuptiale en présence du côté de l’époux de son frère Pascal Comte, & François Maill[e]rot(?), son beau-frère, & du côté de l’épouse, de son père François David, Jacques Aguenier son oncle maternel, & François Aguenier aussi son oncle maternel qui ont avec les époux déclaré ne savoir signer.

J.-O. Chèvrefils ptre

Uncertain reading: the brother-in-law’s surname — Maillerot / Maillorot / Maillot; the letters after « Maill » are a flourish. Re-cropped at 3.5×; not resolvable beyond that on this frame.

What it says about each party

Groom — Louis Comte, journalier (day labourer), of this parish, fils majeur (of age, so born before 1 Feb 1809), son of Pascal Comte and Véronique Lériger de Laplante. Neither parent is styled feu; nothing is said either way about their being alive. Cannot sign.

Bride — Rose David, fille mineure (under 21, so born after 1 Feb 1809), daughter of François David, cultivateur, and Catherine Aguenier, of this parish. Her father is present. Cannot sign.

Witnesses, groom’s side — Pascal Comte, son frère (a second Pascal Comte in the same act: the father is named as a parent, the brother as a witness); François Maill[e]rot(?), son beau-frère — the husband of a Comte sister.

Witnesses, bride’s side — François David, her father; Jacques Aguenier and François Aguenier, both oncle maternel — brothers of Catherine Aguenier. Nobody signs.

The same page

The act immediately above is Abraham Gagné × Marguerite David, the same day: Abraham, cultivateur, fils majeur de René Gagné et de Félicité Dupuis; Marguerite, fille majeure de François David et de Catherine Aguenier, cultivateur, of this parish. Witnesses: René Gagné (father), Hubert Gagné (brother), Paul Aguenier; François David (father), François-Régis Bisson, and Jean-Baptiste Ménard, son beau-frère — matching the répertoire’s Catherine David × Ménard, 1823 (S-0001). Two David sisters married on one morning; Marguerite of age, Rose a minor.

Also on the page: burials of Antoine Lancto(t), 5 months (31 Jan), and Jacques Henkell(?), 6 years (31 Jan); marriage François Bisson × Flavie Monchamp (1 Feb); marriage François-Édouard Boucher × Marie Dubois (1 Feb). Not ours.

Names in this act without a person file

François Maill[e]rot(?) (brother-in-law of the groom) · Jacques Aguenier · François Aguenier (maternal uncles of the bride) · Marguerite David (bride’s sister) · Abraham Gagné · René Gagné · Félicité Dupuis · Hubert Gagné · Paul Aguenier · François-Régis Bisson · Jean-Baptiste Ménard (bride’s brother-in-law) · J.-O. Chèvrefils ptre.

Corrected 21 September 2026 — repository: was first written « Drouin via Ancestry » by Claude. The image is from Généalogie Québec (the Drouin Institute’s own site, which also leads into PRDH); Steve does not use Ancestry. Steve’s correction; nothing else in this record changed.

Transcription

Marginal heading: M. / de Pascal / Compte et / Monique Véronique / Lerigé

Le seize avril mil sept cent quatrevingt sept après la publication de trois bancs de mariage faite au prône de nos messes paroissialles par trois dimanches consécutifs entre Pierre Pascal Compte fils de Pierre Compt[e] et de Geneviève Boullerice de la paroisse de la Pointe Claire d’une part; et Monique Véronique Lérigé fille du S[ieu]r(?) Charle Lérigé de la Plante et de Véronique St Ive(?) de cette paroisse d’autre part; ne s’étant découvert aucun empêchement au dit mariage, nous curé de St Jean François Régis soussigné avons reçu leur mutuel consentement et leurs avons donné la bénédiction nuptialle suivant la forme prescrit par notre mère la S[ain]te Église et ce en présence de Pierre Compte père, de Joseph et Urbain Compte frères de l’époux; de Charle Lerigé père, Charle Lerigé frère de l’épouse et de plusieurs autres dont les uns ont signé et les autres ainsi que l’époux ne sçavent signer.

J. Gamelin curé de S[ain]t J. F. Régis

Second frame: images/S-0003b_1787-04-16_marriage-act_StPhilippe_d1p_1130b0809.jpg, sha256 10b84011e8da7ba67dbfdb4e5f0e679621eed939744f48f2d4bcbe3e875eece8, 6352×4224, sighted by Claude 2026-09-20. (The schema holds one image: per source; the continuation is recorded here and hashed here.)

Uncertain readings: « St Ive » for the bride’s mother’s surname (St-Yves?). Both re-cropped at 3× on a 6240-px frame; the letters are clear, the words are not certain.

What it says about each party

Groom — Pierre Pascal Compte, son of Pierre Compte and Geneviève Boullerice, of the parish of Pointe-Claire. His father Pierre is present. Note the double given name: Pierre Pascal here, Pascal in 1830 (S-0002) and in the répertoire (S-0001).

Bride — Véronique Lérigé, daughter of Charles Lérigé de la Plante and Véronique St-Ive(?), of this parish (St-Philippe). Her forename was first written Monique and corrected to Véronique twice, in the margin and in the text — the correction is the priest’s own.

Witnesses — Pierre Compte, father of the groom; Joseph and Urbain Compte, brothers of the groom; Charles Lérigé, father of the bride — alive and present, which settles « du Sr » over « de feu » in the parentage clause; Charles Lérigé, brother of the bride. Some witnesses signed (the presbytère copy shows no signatures); the groom could not sign.

Names in this act without a person file

Joseph Compte and Urbain Compte (brothers of the groom) · Charles Lérigé fils (brother of the bride) · J. Gamelin, curé.

Corrected 21 September 2026 — repository: was first written « Drouin via Ancestry » by Claude. The image is from Généalogie Québec (the Drouin Institute’s own site, which also leads into PRDH); Steve does not use Ancestry. Steve’s correction; nothing else in this record changed.

Transcription

Marginal heading: M. / Pierre Lecomte / et / Geneviève Boutrice

Le dix neuf avril mille sept cens cinquante [un — cut at the margin; the act above on the same page reads « mil sept cent cinquante un » for the same day, and Quasimodo Sunday fell on 18 April in 1751, not 1750] après trois publications de bans de mariage faites à la messe les deux dernières fêtes de Pasques et hier dimanche de Quasimodo sans qu’il se soit trouvé aucun empêchement ni opposition, tant en la paroisse de Montréal qu’en celle-ci, je soussigné prêtre missionnaire de Lachine ai reçu le mutuel consentement de mariage par parolles de présent de Pierre Lecomte fils de Pierre Lecomte bedeau de la paroisse de Montréal et de Marie Cha[rlotte] Fo[urnier — cut at the margin] et Geneviève Boutrice fille de Gabriel Boutrice et de deffunte Geneviève [Fotté? Setté? — uncertain] de cette paroisse et leur ai donné la bénédiction nuptiale selon les cérémonies de la S[ain]te Église en présence de Gabriel Boutrice père de l’épouse, de Jean-Baptiste Boutrice son frère, de Pierre Deslandes oncle de l’épouse, de Marie Fournier mère de l’époux, de plusieurs autres parents et amis. Lad[ite] Fournier a déclaré ne savoir signer aussi bien que Pierre Deslandes.

[signatures] pierre cont · geneviève boutrice · Gabriel Bo[utrice] · jeanbatiste boutrice · Charles Conte · De Vallier(?) ptre

What it says about each party

Groom — Pierre Lecomte, son of Pierre Lecomte, bedeau (beadle) of the parish of Montréal, and of Marie Cha… Fo… — cut at the margin, but the witness clause names « Marie Fournier mère de l’époux », present and unable to sign. Bans were published in Montréal as well as Lachine, so the groom belonged to Montréal. He signs: « pierre cont ».

Bride — Geneviève Boutrice, daughter of Gabriel Boutrice and the late Geneviève [surname uncertain], of Lachine. She signs, as do her father and her brother Jean-Baptiste.

Witnesses — Gabriel Boutrice (father of the bride), Jean-Baptiste Boutrice (her brother), Pierre Deslandes (her uncle), Marie Fournier (mother of the groom); a Charles Conte signs but is not described — a brother of the groom is the obvious guess and is not a finding.

Spellings — the bride’s family is Boutrice here, Boullerice in 1787 (S-0003) and Boullerie in the répertoire (S-0001). The groom’s family is Lecomte here, Compte/Compt in 1787, Comte in 1830; he signs cont.

Names in this act without a person file

Jean-Baptiste Boutrice (bride’s brother) · Pierre Deslandes (bride’s uncle) · Charles Conte (signatory) · De Vallier(?) ptre · and from the act above: Pierre-Noël Legault, Marie-Céleste Mallet and their parties.

Re-read 29 September 2026 (Claude): the bride’s mother’s surname, « [Fotté? Setté?] » above, is « jetté ». Re-cropped at 3× with contrast raised: the first letter descends below the line, as this hand’s j does in « jeanbatiste » among the signatures. It was read this way only after LAFRANCE (S-0013) and PRDH (S-0056) gave Jetté. The frame fits that reading well, but the prompt came first. The bracket above is left as it was written.

Corrected 21 September 2026 — repository: was first written « Drouin via Ancestry » by Claude. The image is from Généalogie Québec (the Drouin Institute’s own site, which also leads into PRDH); Steve does not use Ancestry. Steve’s correction; nothing else in this record changed.

Transcription (partial — reading limited by the frame’s resolution)

Marginal heading: M. / Pierre Le Comte / et / Charlotte Fournier (as far as legible)

Le [onzième? neuvième?] jour du mois d’octobre l’an mille sept cent vingt [et un — at the edge] … j’ay reçeu le mariage de Pierre Le Comte fils de [E?]ti[enn]e(?) Le Comte et de [word struck] Anne(?) Goupil ses père et mère de la p[aroiss]e des S[ain]ts Anges de la Chine(?), aagé de vingt et six(?) ans, et de Marie Charlotte Fournier fille de Antoine Fournier et de Marie Magdeleine [Apeaux? — uncertain] de la [ville?] … [et] leur ay donné la bénédiction nuptiale selon les règles de n[o]tre S[ain]te Mère Église apostolique et romaine en présence du dit [—, cut at the page foot] qui a signé avec moy, et de Guillaume Vinet(?) aussi habitant de cette paroisse, et de Jean Pilon aussi habitant de cette p[aroiss]e, et de Pierre Ranger(?) aussi habitant, [qui ont] déclaré ne sçavoir signer, de ce interpellés suivant l’ordonnance.

Deperet prêtre

Second frame: images/S-0005b_1721-10_marriage-act_SteAnneBoutDeLIle_d1p_1127B1059.jpg, sha256 a125b8751c8900c4c40a5da18b6a1d82182702094527154584b6c66da2829d7e, 2464×1174, sighted by Claude 2026-09-20. Steve confirms no larger frame is available by his download method.

What it says about each party

Groom — Pierre Le Comte, aged about 26 (if « vingt et six » is right → born c. 1695), son of a Le Comte whose forename I cannot read with confidence on this frame — it is a short word, consistent with an abbreviated Estienne — and of a Goupil whose forename follows a struck word and reads Anne. The parents are described as of the parish of the Saints-Anges (Lachine) — if that reading is right, the family had moved from Montréal (S-0006, 1701) to Lachine by 1721, and back to Montréal by 1751 (S-0004: the father is bedeau de la paroisse de Montréal).

Bride — Marie Charlotte Fournier, daughter of Antoine Fournier and Marie Magdeleine [surname uncertain].

Witnesses — one unnamed-on-this-frame witness who signed (the line straddles the page break); Guillaume Vinet(?), Jean Pilon, Pierre Ranger(?), habitants of Ste-Anne, who could not. Pilon and Ranger are Bout-de-l’Île families.

What this act does NOT give us: a certain day; a certain forename for the groom’s father; the bride’s mother’s surname. No larger frame exists (Steve, 20 Sept 2026); the remedies are the greffe copy of this register and the baptisms of the parties. ⚠ The identity of the groom’s father with the « Estienne(?) Comte, tailleur » of S-0006 rests on a shared surname, a shared wife’s surname (Goupil), and a forename I read as consistent — it is not yet a reading. The greffe copy of this register, or a higher-resolution frame, is the next step.

Names in this act without a person file

Guillaume Vinet(?) · Jean Pilon · Pierre Ranger(?) · Deperet ptre.

Corrected 21 September 2026 — repository: was first written « Drouin via Ancestry » by Claude. The image is from Généalogie Québec (the Drouin Institute’s own site, which also leads into PRDH); Steve does not use Ancestry. Steve’s correction; nothing else in this record changed.

Transcription

Marginal heading: Simon Mongirot(?) / et / Anne Goupille

R. C. de Breslay faisant les fonctions curiales. Le sixième février mil sept cent un, M[onsieu]r Dollier grand vicaire de Monseigneur l’Evêque aiant accordé la dispense des trois bancs et n’aiant paru aucun empêchement, le mariage a été fait par moy prêtre soussigné faisant les fonctions curiales entre Simon Mongirot(?) aagé de vingt [cinq?] ans fils de feu Claude Mongirot(?) et de Catherine Moyneau ses père et mère de la paroisse de Varennes(?) diocèse de Langres d’une part et Anne Goupille aagée de quarante deux ans veufve d’Estienne(?) Comte tailleur, fille de feu Nicolas Goupille et de Marie Pollier(?) ses père et mère de la paroisse de S[ain]t Michel de [—] diocèse [de —] d’autre part, en présence de Pierre Cavelier habitant de cette paroisse, de Gilbert Maillet maçon, de [—] Roger fils dud[it] Pierre Cavelier et de Pierre Chantereau bedeau qui a déclaré ne sçavoir signer aussi bien que led[it] Gilbert Maillet, de ce interpellés suivant l’ordonnance, les autres ont signé avec moy.

[signatures] Simon Mongirot(?) · Anne Goupille(?) · [Pierre] … Cavelier · Alexandre Rivet(?) · Fran. Dollier p[rê]t[re] · R. C. de Breslay faisant les fonctions curiales

What it says about each party

The bride is the one who matters to us. Anne Goupil(le), aged 42 → born c. 1659, widow of Estienne(?) Comte, tailleur (tailor), daughter of the late Nicolas Goupil(le) and of Marie Pollier(?), of the parish of St-Michel de [—] — an origin in France, diocese unread. She seems to sign.

Her second husband — Simon Mongirot(?), aged about 25, son of the late Claude and of Catherine Moyneau, of Varennes(?) in the diocese of Langres (Champagne). Not on our ascent.

What it proves — that a Comte, tailor, forename read as Estienne, was dead before 6 Feb 1701 and had been married to Anne Goupil. It does not give their marriage date or place, nor name any child. The immigrant couple’s own marriage (Steve’s PRDH probe puts the line back to 1680) is not among the frames held.

Names in this act without a person file

Simon Mongirot(?) · Claude Mongirot(?) · Catherine Moyneau · Pierre Cavelier · Gilbert Maillet · [—] Roger · Pierre Chantereau, bedeau · Alexandre Rivet(?) · R. C. de Breslay · François Dollier [de Casson], grand vicaire.

Corrected 21 September 2026 — repository: was first written « Drouin via Ancestry » by Claude. The image is from Généalogie Québec (the Drouin Institute’s own site, which also leads into PRDH); Steve does not use Ancestry. Steve’s correction; nothing else in this record changed.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: François David × Catherine Aguenier, married 1795-08-31 at St-Constant. The index names the groom’s parents Hilaire David & Marguerite Robidoux and the bride’s parents François Aguenier & Catherine Roy.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: François Aguenier × Catherine Roy, married 1772-08-10 at St-Constant. The index names the groom’s parents François Aguenier & Marguerite Gibault and the bride’s parents Louis-Laurent Roy & Catherine Bordeau.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: Louis-Laurent Roy × Catherine Bordeau, married 1751-02-22 at Laprairie. The index names the groom’s parents André Roy & Suzanne Gourdon.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names the bride’s parents Joseph Bourdeau & Marguerite Gervais (F-0070). PRDH disagrees on the mother — Q-0003.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: André Roy × Suzanne Gourdon, married 1718-11-07 at Notre-Dame de Montréal. The index names the groom’s parents Pierre Roy & Catherine Ducharme and the bride’s parents Jean-Baptiste Gourdon & Michelle Perin.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: Pierre Roy × Catherine Ducharme, married 1672-01-12 at Notre-Dame de Montréal. The index names the groom’s parents Charles LeRoy & Jeanne Boyer and the bride’s parents Jean Ducharme & Anne Lelièvre. ⚠ See PK-0002: Steve recognises this couple as his own 9th-great-grandparents.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: Pierre Lecomte × Marie-Charles Fournier, married 1721-10-20 at Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. The index gives the bride as Marie-Charles; the act itself (S-0005) reads Marie Charlotte. The act governs; the index supplies the day of the month, which the frame does not show.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: Gabriel Boullerice × Geneviève Jetté, married 1731-03-05 at Notre-Dame de Montréal. Resolves the surname I could not read on the 1751 act (S-0004): Jetté.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names Geneviève Jetté’s parents (linked as F-0029).

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names Gabriel Boullerice’s parents (linked as F-0026).

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: Charles Lériger Delaplante × Véronique Stive, married 1760-10-06 at St-Philippe. The index names the groom’s parents Paul Lériger Delaplante & Barbe Dupuy and the bride’s parents Joseph Stive & Suzanne Boutin. Resolves « St Ive » on the 1787 act (S-0003): the surname is Stive.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: Paul Lériger Delaplante × Barbe Dupuy, married 1733-11-17 at Laprairie.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names Paul Lériger Delaplante’s parents (linked as F-0033).

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names Barbe Dupuy’s parents (linked as F-0044).

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE couples search: Joseph Stive × Suzanne Boutin, married 1723-07-27 at Notre-Dame de Montréal.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry. It gives the marriage date and parish and names the parties (and, where noted above, their parents) in the index’s standardised spelling. It is one click from the Drouin image of the act, which has not been opened. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names Joseph Stive’s parents (linked as F-0038).

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names Suzanne Boutin’s parents (linked as F-0040).

Transcription

As reported by Steve from the LAFRANCE entry: Louis Aguenier × Marie-Anne Bessette, married 15 September 1708 at St-Joseph de Chambly; the bride the daughter of Jean Bessette and Anne Seigneur. Louis’s parents as given by the entry are not yet recorded here.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act. It does not name the couple’s children; the filiation of François Aguenier (P-0027) to this couple rests on the index entry of his marriage (× Marguerite Gibault), whose acte number is pending.

⚠ PK-0003. Jean Bessette and Anne Seigneur are the founding couple of Steve’s other project (ondits.com; Evidence Register 03). This is the second point at which the from-scratch ascent meets his own tree, and a far deeper one than the first.

Chart annotation, 2026-09-21: the entry names Louis Aguenier’s parents (linked as F-0034).

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 13369699): Louis Comte × Rose David, 1830-02-01, St-Constant.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 350620): Pascal Comte × Véronique Lériger, 1787-04-16, St-Philippe.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 275115): Pierre Comte × Geneviève Boullerice, 1751-04-19, Lachine.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 320592): Hilaire David × Marguerite Robidoux, 1762-09-27, St-Constant. The entry names the groom’s parents Nicolas David & Marie-Anne Dupuy. The entry names the bride’s parents Joseph Robidou & Marie-Anne Meny.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 123786): Nicolas David × Marie-Anne Dupuy, 1730-05-14, Laprairie. The entry names the groom’s parents Pierre David & Marie Vallée. The entry names the bride’s parents Moïse Dupuy & Marie-Anne Christiane.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 19024): Joseph Robidou × Marie-Anne Meny, 1729-10-31, Laprairie. The entry names the groom’s parents Joseph Robidou & Jeanne Seguin. The entry names the bride’s parents Claude Meny & Marie Deniger.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 123901): François Aguenier × Marguerite Gibault, 1743-05-06, Laprairie. The entry names the groom’s parents Louis Aguenier & Marie-Anne Bessette. The entry names the bride’s parents Gabriel Gibeau & Marguerite Dumais.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47657): Antoine Fournier × Marie-Madeleine Ozou, 1696-07-10, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Denis Fournier & Catherine Destleu. The entry names the bride’s parents Jean Ozou & Élisabeth Martin.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47501): Jean Bourrice × Marie Demers, 1686-10-22, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Jean Bollerice & Hélène Lerousseau. The entry names the bride’s parents André Demers & Marie Chedeville.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 5267): Joseph Robidou × Jeanne Seguin, 1701-10-10, St-Antoine de Longueuil. The entry names the groom’s parents André Robidou & Jeanne Denot. The entry names the bride’s parents François Seguin & Jeanne Petit.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 3764): François Seguin × Jeanne Petit, 1672-10-31, Ste-Famille de Boucherville. The entry names the groom’s parents Laurent Seguin & Marie Mossieu. The entry names the bride’s parents Jean Petit & Jeanne Gaudrau.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47591): Urbain Jetté × Marie Chevalier, 1692-11-17, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Urbain Jetté & Catherine Charles. The entry names the bride’s parents Joseph Chevalier & Françoise-Marthe Barthon.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47234): Urbain Jetté × Catherine Charles, 1659-10-26, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Mathurin Jetté & Barbe Houlon. The entry names the bride’s parents Samuel Charles & Françoise Cochet.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47346): Joseph Chevalier × Françoise-Marthe Barthon, 1670-10-07, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Jean Chevalier & Madeleine Leureux. The entry names the bride’s parents Jacques Barton & Renée Postre.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 18879): Claude Meny × Marie Deniger, 1694-08-18, Laprairie. The entry names the groom’s parents André Meny & Antoinette Valentain. The entry names the bride’s parents Bernard Deniger & Marguerite Raisin.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 18895): Clément Lériger × Marie Roy, 1700-09-08, Laprairie.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47447): Paul Aguenier × Barbe Delestre, 1680-08-19, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Léger Aguenier & Marie Frit. The entry names the bride’s parents Thierry Delestre & —.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 14405): Gabriel Gibeau × Marguerite Dumais, 1722-03-03, Lachine. The entry names the groom’s parents Jean Gibault & Anne Paviot. The entry names the bride’s parents Étienne Demers & Marie-Jeanne Ménard.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 3805): Étienne Demers × Marie-Jeanne Ménard, 1685-11-25, Ste-Famille de Boucherville. The entry names the groom’s parents Étienne Dumais & Françoise Morin. The entry names the bride’s parents Jacques Ménard & Catherine Forestier.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 66376): Étienne Dumais × Françoise Morin, 1648-01-28, Notre-Dame de Québec.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 11457): Jacques Styves × Marie Chartier, 1681-11-26, Pointe-aux-Trembles. The entry names the groom’s parents Michel Styves & Anne Noël. The entry names the bride’s parents Guillaume Chartier & Marie Faucon.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47269): Guillaume Chartier × Marie Faucon, 1663-11-27, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Jacques Chartier & Marguerite Loiselle. The entry names the bride’s parents Pierre Faucon & Marie Berger.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 47419): Jean-Baptiste Gourdon × Michelle Perin, 1676-11-24, Notre-Dame de Montréal. The entry names the groom’s parents Élie Gourdon & Jeanne Dumole. The entry names the bride’s parents Henri Perrin & Jeanne Merrin.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 81131): Jacques Boutin × Angélique Bernard, 1691-06-20, Charlesbourg. The entry names the groom’s parents Jean Boutin & Suzanne Rocheteau. The entry names the bride’s parents Jean Bernard & Marie Debure.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 30112): Jean Boutin × Suzanne Rocheteau, 1661-09-22, Château-Richer.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto his ancestral chart from the LAFRANCE entry (acte 66714): Jean Bernard × Marie Debure, 1666-12-27, Notre-Dame de Québec. The entry names the groom’s parents Jean Bernard & Catherine Fauden. The entry names the bride’s parents Vincent Debure & Suzanne Gaulin.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry, one click from the act image, which has not been opened. Names are the index’s standardised spellings. Nothing here rises above Probable.

Transcription

As copied by Steve onto chart 3 from the LAFRANCE burial index: Aimé Lecomte, died/buried 4 July 1699; occupation tailleur. No marriage entry exists in LAFRANCE for him and Marie-Anne Goupil.

What it says about each party

A compiled index entry for a burial. It fixes the forename — Aimé, not the Estienne(?) read off the 1701 frame — and a death before the widow’s 1701 remarriage, consistent with S-0006. Probable until the act is opened.

Transcription

The entries that match a woman held in this project, copied as printed:

Ducharme, Catherine, m. Roy, Pierre, dit St-Lambert, Jan. 12, 1672
Seigneur, Anne, m. Besset, Jean, dit Brisetout, contract Jul. 3, 1668
Denot, Jeanne, m. 1. Robidou, André, Jun. 7, 1667, m. 2. Surprenant, Jacques, dit Sanssoucy, Aug. 16, 1678
Petit, Jeanne, m. Séguin, François, dit Ladéroute, Oct. 31, 1672
Raisin, Marguerite, m. Deniger, Bernard, dit Sanssoucy, 1670 or 1671
Faucon, Marie, m. 1. Chartier, Guillaume, Nov. 27, 1663, m. 2. Jocteau, …
Debure, Marie, m. 1: Énard, Gilles, Oct. 6, 1665, m. 2: Bernard, Jean, dit Anse, Dec. 27, 1666

Surname-only coincidences were read and ruled irrelevant: Delestre Anne, Paviot Marie, Boyer Barbe, Seigneur Marie (m. Sasseville), and the Roy / Martin / Morin / Chevalier / Vallée / Rousseau / Petit / Chartier / Berger / Bernard entries whose forenames or husbands do not match anyone held. The SFRSC list has no entry for Catherine Charles, Françoise Morin, Suzanne Rocheteau, Marie Frit, Catherine Forestier or Jeanne Merrin — consistent with those six being earlier arrivals (S-0046).

What it says about each party

A society’s compiled roster: authored, secondary, no citations of its own. It says nothing about parents or origins; it says a woman of this name married this man on this date and is counted a fille du roi. Every held husband agrees (the roster’s husbands are in mentions: where a family cites it for its date — Besset, Deniger). Four held marriage dates agree exactly (Roy 1672-01-12 = F-0016; Séguin 1672-10-31 = F-0028; Chartier 1663-11-27 = F-0039; Bernard 1666-12-27 = F-0042); three couples have no held date (F-0023 Bessette, F-0050 Robidou, F-0058 Deniger), and the roster’s date becomes the lead for finding their act. The designation is Probable and can go no higher on this source.

Method note. Matched 21 Sept 2026 by an accent-folded surname search of the 69 women then held against the 843 entries, followed by a read of every hit. The PDF is filed with the act images (internal, not committed) because it is the society’s document, not ours.

Transcription

The page reproduces Gagné’s list as bare names (surname, forename). Gagné’s criteria, as the page states them: arrived before September 1663; aged 12–45; married, signed a marriage contract, or signed an enlistment contract in New France; not accompanied by both parents; not accompanied by or joining a husband.

Entries that match a woman held here, copied as printed:

Charles, Catherine
Morin, Françoise
Rocheteau, Suzanne
Frit, Marie
Forestier, Catherine
Merrin/Mairé, Jeanne
Chefdeville, Marie

⚠ Chefdeville, Marie was missed by the first (exact-surname) pass and found the same evening through Gagné (S-0048): the project spells her Chedeville (P-0072, S-0026). Logged as a method failure in the journal.

Surname-only coincidences read and ruled irrelevant: Boyer Anne and Marie (ours is Jeanne), Lelièvre Françoise (ours is Anne), Martin Anne (ours is Élisabeth), Chevalier/Lechevalier Anne (ours is Marie), Morin Claire, Gaulin Marguerite (ours is Suzanne). No Seigneur on this list — Anne Seigneur is on the SFRSC roster instead (S-0045).

What it says about each party

A name is not a woman. This list names no husband, so it cannot on its own say that our Catherine Charles is Gagné’s. What lifts a match is the list’s own criterion: a held marriage in New France before September 1663. Three qualify — Catherine Charles × Urbain Jetté, Notre-Dame de Montréal 1659-10-26 (F-0030); Françoise Morin × Étienne Dumais, Notre-Dame de Québec 1648-01-28 (F-0037); Suzanne Rocheteau × Jean Boutin, Château-Richer 1661-09-22 (F-0041) — and are graded Probable. Three are named only as parents in a child’s index entry with no held marriage (F-0059 Aguenier × Frit, F-0062 Ménard × Forestier, F-0067 Perrin × Merrin) and stay Possible until their own marriage is found and dated. Gagné’s book, not this page, is the place to confirm any of the six — and did, the same evening (S-0048).

Method note. Fetched and matched 21 Sept 2026 by the same accent-folded surname search as S-0045; every hit read.

Transcription

A biographical dictionary — Gagné’s back cover: “nearly 800 women and girls sent from France to populate Québec between 1663 and 1673”, with an index of husbands. Each entry gives the woman’s birth and parents in France, her arrival, each marriage with its contract and notary and who could sign, the husband’s origin, the children with baptism dates, and the deaths. Seven entries cover women held here; the substance of each is on the person record under From Gagné, and the photographs (IMG_6362–6375) are in Steve’s files, not in this repository.

The seven, with what the entry says of the marriage this project holds:

Every held child appears in Gagné’s list of the couple’s children: André Roy bp 14 Dec 1692 Laprairie; Angélique Bernard bp 30 Aug 1672; Joseph Robidou bp 15 Jan 1678 Laprairie; Marie Chartier bp 23 Feb 1676 Pointe-aux-Trembles; Marie-Anne Bessette b. c. 1679; Jeanne Séguin bp 11 Aug 1680 Boucherville; Marie Deniger b. c. 1675.

What it says about each party

Authored and secondary: Gagné synthesises PRDH, Jetté, Tanguay, the notarial indexes and the society lists, and cites little inline. What it adds over the SFRSC roster (S-0045) is the content: origins, contracts, signatures, children. It confirms the designation for all seven (Probable — the cap for a compiled work), and it confirms the identity of each held couple by naming the same husband and, where the project holds one, the same date. Three marriages held with no date now have one from Gagné, graded Probable, with the act still to find. Each child’s baptism date is a lead to the act that would turn a name-match filiation into a Proven one.

Where Gagné’s prose slips — “Pierre and Marie settled at Laprairie” under Ducharme; “Suzanne came to Canada” under Debure — the slip is noted on the record and not carried.

Transcription

The companion volume to S-0047 for the 262 women who came before the King’s programme, on the same plan: origins, arrival, each marriage and its contract, the husband, the children, the deaths. Seven entries cover women held here; their substance is on the person records under From Gagné; the photographs (IMG_6376–6390) are in Steve’s files, not in this repository.

Held children in Gagné’s lists: Urbain Jetté bp 11 Apr 1666 Montréal; Étienne Demers — the second of that name, bp 3 Dec 1656 Sillery (the first, bp 1653, died before 1666); Jacques Boutin b. Petit Cap, bp 10 Jun 1669 Château-Richer; Paul Haguenier bp 24 Sep 1661 Montréal (the couple’s only child); Michelle Perrin bp 24 Aug 1661 Montréal. Under Forestier the children include a Jeanne-Françoise bp 24 May 1669 Trois-Rivières — probably our Marie-Jeanne Ménard (P-0109), but Gagné does not say so.

The seventh, Chefdeville, was first found in a parenthesis of the Charles entry (“André Demers (husband of fille à marier Marie Chefdeville)”, guardian of the Jetté children 6 Jul 1688) and her own entry was photographed the same evening. It lists twelve children with two daughters Marie — one bp 28 Oct 1655 Montréal, one born c. 1669 — and does not say which married Jean Bourrice in 1686 (our P-0068).

What it says about each party

As S-0047: authored, secondary, Probable at best, and the confirmation this project needed for the six bare names on the TFCG list (S-0046) — each entry names the husband the project holds. Four marriages held without a date now have one.

Transcription

Frame 6640×3472, a two-page opening; the act is at the top of the right-hand page. Found by Steve on 29 Sept 2026 while working on Q-0002. Every proper name re-cropped at about 7× native.

Marginal heading: M. de / Paschal / Lecompte / et de / Marguerite / Saurel

Le treize de novembre mil huit cent neuf nous prêtre soussigné après la publication de trois bans de mariage à nos messes paroissialles suivant l’usage entre Paschal Lecompte mineur journalier fils de Paschal Lecompte et de Veronique Laplante ses père et mère de cette paroisse d’une part et Marguerite Saurel journaliere fille de feu Michel Saurel et de Marie Anne Provost ses père et mère aussi de cette paroisse d’autre part sans qu’il se soit trouvé aucun empêchement au dit mariage leur avons donné la bénédiction nuptialle avec les cérémonies prescrites après avoir reçu leur mutuel consentement de mariage ainsi que celui de leurs parents et ce en présence de Jean Baptiste Laplante oncle maternel de l’époux, de Joseph Gagné ami de l’époux, de François Ignace Dupuis beau-père de l’épouse, de François Saurel frère de l’épouse et de plusieurs autres qui n’ont su signer de même que les époux.

… Consigny ptre

Uncertain readings: the word after « Saurel » is written journalier. It is probably the priest repeating the groom’s occupation by mistake, and is not read as the bride’s occupation. The priest’s initials before « Consigny » are a flourish.

What it says about each party

Groom: Paschal Lecompte, mineur (under 21, so born after 13 Nov 1788), journalier, of this parish, son of Paschal Lecompte and Véronique Laplante, « ses père et mère de cette paroisse ». Neither parent is styled feu. His parents consent. Cannot sign.

Bride: Marguerite Saurel (Sorel), of this parish, daughter of feu Michel Saurel and of Marie-Anne Provost. Her mother has remarried: François-Ignace Dupuis is present as the bride’s beau-père, which here means stepfather. Cannot sign.

Witnesses: Jean-Baptiste Laplante, oncle maternel de l’époux (a brother of Véronique Lériger de Laplante); Joseph Gagné, friend of the groom; François-Ignace Dupuis, stepfather of the bride; François Saurel, brother of the bride. Nobody signs.

What this does to Q-0002. This is the « Pascal & Marguerite Sorel » of the répertoire (S-0001, p. 115), and he is not Louis’s father. He is Louis’s brother, the son of Pascal Comte and Véronique Laplante, married in 1809 while still a minor. The 1830 witness « Pascal Comte, son frère » (S-0002, P-0007) is very probably this man. M.-Olive (m. 1827) and Véronique (m. 1828) Comte would then be Louis’s nieces, born after this marriage, around 1810, and aged about 17–18 at marriage. The younger one carries her grandmother’s name.

Names in this act without a person file

Marguerite Saurel (bride) · Michel Saurel, feu (her father) · Marie-Anne Provost (her mother) · François-Ignace Dupuis (her stepfather) · François Saurel (her brother) · Jean-Baptiste Laplante (the groom’s maternal uncle) · Joseph Gagné (friend of the groom) · … Consigny, ptre.

Not given files yet, deliberately. A family for Pascal Comte fils × Marguerite Saurel is needed only when the 1827–28 brides are attached to it, and that waits for their acts. Also, site.json’s counts.families and counts.women count every family and woman, not only those on the ascent. Adding this couple now would make the founding-mothers page read « fourteen of the seventy women in this pedigree », which is false.

Found and not used

The rest of the opening, 10–15 Nov 1809, St-Constant: four burials and three baptisms on the two pages, none with a Comte, Lecompte, Laplante or Saurel in the marginal headwords. Their names were read only at overview magnification and are not transcribed here (rule 6).

Transcription

Frame 6208×3360, a two-page opening; the act is the second on the right-hand page. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, after Q-0002 was resolved. Names re-cropped at about 5× native.

Marginal heading: B. Paschal / Comte

Le quatorze mars, mil huit cent vingt un par nous soussigné a été baptisé Paschal né ce jour du légitime mariage de Paschal Comte, journallier de cette paroisse et de Marguerite Saurel. Le parain a été François Hugron(?) & la maraine Josette Lefebvre qui ont avec le père présent déclaré ne savoir signer.

J.-O. Chèvrefils ptre

Uncertain reading: the godfather’s surname, Hugron. The first letter is a looped capital that could be an H or a St ligature.

What it says about each party

Child: Paschal, born and baptized 14 March 1821.

Father: Paschal Comte, journallier, of this parish, present, cannot sign. This is the occupation and the wife of P-0007 in 1809 (S-0049), twelve years on. It is the first document held that gives this couple a child. The répertoire’s two Comte brides of 1827–28 are not this child, but it shows the household active at St-Constant between them and the 1809 marriage.

Mother: Marguerite Saurel. Not styled feue.

Godparents: François Hugron(?) and Josette Lefebvre. Neither can sign.

Names in this act without a person file

Paschal Comte (the child, b. 1821) · Marguerite Saurel (mother) · François Hugron(?) · Josette Lefebvre · J.-O. Chèvrefils ptre.

Found and not used

Same opening, right-hand page, first entry, 14 Mar 1821: baptism of Raphaël, born the day before, son of Sébastien Girard, cultivateur of this parish, and Marguerite Aguenier; godfather Jérôme Bap[tis]t[e?] (surname cut off at the gutter), godmother Marguerite Dupuy. Rose David’s mother was a Catherine Aguenier (P-0006) whose brothers witnessed the 1830 act. A Marguerite Aguenier married at St-Constant is probably a sister or a cousin. Not pursued; recorded for the David–Aguenier line.

Same page, 17 Mar 1821: burial of Archange Dupuy, 20, wife of François Barbeau, cultivateur; present François Barbeau son beau-père and René Barbeau, her uncle(?), and a Jean Baptiste Laplante. That may be the man who witnessed the 1809 act as the groom’s maternal uncle (S-0049), still at St-Constant.

Transcription

Frame 5536×3104, a two-page opening; the act is the second on the left-hand page. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026. Names re-cropped at about 4× native.

Marginal heading: B. de / Louis Pascal / Comte.

Le quatre avril mille sept cent quatre-vingt-quinze par moi prêtre soussigné a été baptisé Louis Pascal né aujourd’hui du légitime mariage de Joseph Comte et de Marie Boulanger(?) son épouse. Le parrain a été Louis Boulanger(?) et la marraine Marie Anne Lavernier(?) qui ont signé.

[signed] louis boula[n]d[i]er(?) · marianne la[v]… · … ptre

Uncertain readings: the mother’s and godfather’s surname is written Boulayer / Boulanger in the text and signed in a hand that reads boulaudier / boulandier. The marraine’s surname is Lavernier / Laverrière. The officiant’s signature is not read.

What it says about each party

Child: Louis Pascal Comte, born and baptized 4 April 1795 at Notre-Dame de Montréal.

Father: Joseph Comte. Mother: Marie Boulanger(?).

This is not our Louis. The groom of 1830 (P-0001) is the son of Pascal Comte and Véronique Lériger de Laplante (S-0002). This child is the son of Joseph Comte. A Joseph Compte, brother of the groom, witnessed Pascal’s own marriage in 1787 (S-0003). Unless a document joins the two Josephs, this is a different family, and very possibly Louis’s first cousin, given the same two forenames. His birth in 1795 would make him majeur in 1830 too, so the age clause in S-0002 cannot tell them apart. What separates them is the parents’ names, and nothing else.

Recorded as a same-name hazard, the reason this file exists. Any index hit for a « Louis Comte » born in the 1790s must be checked for the father’s forename before it is attached to P-0001.

Names in this act without a person file

Louis Pascal Comte (the child) · Joseph Comte (father) · Marie Boulanger(?) (mother) · Louis Boulanger(?) (godfather) · Marie-Anne Lavernier(?) (godmother) · the officiant.

Transcription

Frame 6640×3312, a two-page opening; the act is the second on the right-hand page. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, searching for Louis’s baptism. Every proper name re-cropped at about 4× native, and the signature at about 8×.

Marginal heading: B. de / Louis / Lecompte

Le vingt deux aoust mil huit cent sept par nous prêtre soussigné a été baptisé Louis né aujourd’hui du légitime mariage de Paschal Lecompte forgeron en cette paroisse et de Veronique Laplante. Le parrain a été Louis Leriger, la marraine Julie Pinsonneault qui n’ont su signer, le père présent a signé avec nous.

[signed] pascal comte · … Consigny ptre

What it says about each party

Child: Louis, born and baptized 22 August 1807 at St-Constant. That makes him 22 on 1 Feb 1830, so fils majeur, as S-0002 says.

Father: Paschal Lecompte, forgeron (blacksmith), of this parish, present, and he signs: « pascal comte ». This conflicts with the 1787 act (S-0003), where the groom Pierre Pascal Compte « ne sçait signer ». See Q-0004.

Mother: Véronique Laplante. Not feue.

Godparents: Louis Lériger, whose surname is the mother’s own, so probably her kin; and Julie Pinsonneault. Neither can sign.

Is this the 1830 groom? The 1830 act (S-0002) names Louis’s parents as Pascal Comte and Véronique Lériger de Laplante, of St-Constant. This child has the same forename, the same father’s forename and surname, the same mother, and the same parish, and his birth date fits the age clause. The only other Louis Comte held, the 1795 Montréal baptism (S-0051), has a different father, Joseph. A second Louis of this couple, born before 1809 after this one had died, is the one reading left. Nothing suggests it, and a burial of the 1807 Louis would be needed to raise it.

Names in this act without a person file

Louis Lériger (godfather) · Julie Pinsonneault (godmother) · … Consigny ptre.

Found and not used

Same opening, left-hand page, 17 Aug 1807: baptism of Simon, son of Louis Laplante, laboureur of this parish, and Josephte Robert. Godfather Ignace Dupuis, godmother Marie Audelin(?). A Laplante household at St-Constant alongside Véronique’s. With the godfather Louis Lériger above and the 1809 witness Jean-Baptiste Laplante, oncle maternel (S-0049), this makes at least two Laplante men of her generation in the parish. Not pursued. The other six entries on the opening (three burials and three baptisms) were read only at overview magnification, and no Comte or Lecompte appears in their marginal headwords. Their names are not transcribed (rule 6).

Transcription

Frame 6016×3624, a two-page opening. The act starts at the foot of the left-hand page and ends at the head of the right. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, for Q-0004. Every proper name and the age re-cropped at about 4× native.

Marginal heading: S. 10 / Paschal / Lecomte.

Le quinze Mars Mil huit [cent] trente un, par Nous Curé soussigné a été inhumé dans le cimetière de cette paroisse le corps de Paschal Lecomte décédé avant-hier âgé de soixante et treize ans époux de Véronique Laplante de cette paroisse. Furent présens [right-hand page] Joseph Bédard, Louis Lecomte [two words, struck] et plusieurs autres qui ont déclaré ne savoir signer.

… Bédard ptre

Uncertain readings: the two words struck after « Louis Lecomte » are not read. The curé’s initial is a flourish. « trente un » is written « huit trente un », with cent omitted.

What it says about each party

Deceased: Paschal Lecomte, died 13 March 1831 (avant-hier), buried 15 March, aged 73. That puts his birth around 1757–58. Burial ages are the informant’s estimate and are often out by a few years. He is époux, not veuf, of Véronique Laplante, so she was alive. He is « de cette paroisse »: St-Rémi, not St-Constant. The phrase could grammatically qualify either spouse.

Wife: Véronique Laplante, alive on 15 March 1831.

Witnesses: Joseph Bédard; Louis Lecomte. Nobody signs. Probably Louis himself (P-0001), who married at St-Constant thirteen months earlier and could not sign then either. Not attached: the act gives him no relationship, and rule 1 wants a qualifier, not a name.

What this does to Q-0004. Born c. 1757–58, he is the right age for the 1787 groom. Pierre Pascal’s parents married at Lachine in April 1751 (S-0004), so a son born in 1757–58 would have been about 29 at his 1787 wedding. The burial names the wife of the St-Constant father (S-0052, S-0049, S-0002), with no Pierre and no parents. So the age is consistent with one man, and it rules out one alternative: a St-Constant Pascal much younger than the 1787 groom. It does not by itself join the two.

Names in this act without a person file

Joseph Bédard (witness) · Louis Lecomte (witness; probably P-0001, not attached) · … Bédard, curé.

Found and not used

The rest of the opening, 1–19 Mar 1831, St-Rémi: six baptisms and one other burial. None has a Comte, Lecomte or Laplante in its marginal headword. But the baptism of 4 Mar 1831 (B. 30) has a Jean-Baptiste Laplante as godfather (re-cropped at magnification): a third sighting of that name, after St-Constant 1809 (S-0049) and 1821 (S-0050). Its other names were read only at overview magnification and are not transcribed (rule 6).

Transcription

Frame 5968×3584, a two-page opening; the act is the last full entry on the left-hand page. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, for Q-0004. Every name re-cropped at about 3–4× native, with contrast raised.

Die 26 Martii Ego infra scriptus baptizavi cum Ecclesiae caeremoniis puerum pridie natum ex patre D.(?) Petro Lecomte, et matre Genovefa Boulris conjugibus, quem Petrum Paschalem nominaverunt Joannes Baptista […] et Maria Joseph de Ganne(?)

Jos. Huguet

On 26 March, I the undersigned baptized with the ceremonies of the Church a boy born the day before, of the father Pierre Lecomte and the mother Geneviève Boulris, married, whom Jean-Baptiste […] and Marie-Josèphe de Ganne(?) named Pierre Pascal.

The year. No year is written in the act. It is read from the page: a year-end tally, « total 56 », then an interpolated note dated « die 2° jan. 1758 » (the last digit overwritten, and repeated above the line), then this year’s entries from January on. It is confirmed independently: Easter Sunday 1758 fell on 26 March (computed, Gregorian). The child was born on Holy Saturday, baptized on Easter Day, and named Paschal. No other year from 1750 to 1764 puts Easter on 26 March.

Uncertain readings: a letter struck or abbreviated before « Petro », possibly D[omino]. The godfather’s surname, smudged beyond reading at the end of the line. It seems to carry over to the start of the next, which reads « …[?]trice », the first letters lost at the margin. Boutrice, the 1751 bride’s brother Jean-Baptiste (S-0004), would fit, but it is not read and is not relied on. (Re-examined 29 Sept 2026 at 3× with contrast raised.) The godmother’s surname de Ganne / de Garne. The mother’s Boulris is this priest’s spelling of the name written Boullerice in 1787 (S-0003) and Boutrice elsewhere (F-0003).

What it says about each party

Child: Petrus Paschalis, Pierre Pascal, born 25 March 1758, baptized 26 March at the Sault-St-Louis mission.

Father: Pierre Lecomte. Mother: Geneviève Boulris (Boullerice). Married (conjugibus). These are the parents the 1787 act gives its groom Pierre Pascal Compte (S-0003), and the couple married at Lachine in April 1751 (S-0004, F-0003).

Against the burial (S-0053). Born 25 March 1758, he was 72 years and 11 months on 13 March 1831. The St-Rémi curé wrote « soixante et treize ans ». That is as close as a burial age gets.

Names in this act without a person file

Jean-Baptiste […] (godfather) · Marie-Josèphe de Ganne(?) (godmother) · Jos. Huguet, S.J.

Found and not used

The rest of the opening, Dec 1757–July 1758, is mostly baptisms of Mohawk families of the mission, in Latin, by Huguet. None has a Lecomte or Boullerice in it. Their names were not transcribed (rule 6, and not ours).

Transcription

No screenshot. As reported by Steve on 29 Sept 2026: searches of the LAFRANCE marriage index for a bride named Geneviève under each of the four spellings this project has seen, Boutrice, Boullerice, Boulris, Boullerie, any date and any parish, return one marriage only: Pierre Lecomte × Geneviève Boutrice, Lachine, 19 April 1751, the act held and sighted as S-0004.

What it says

A negative result from a compiled index. It says that the index knows one marriage of a Geneviève of this surname, not that only one took place. Its limits:

• Coverage. LAFRANCE indexes Catholic marriages in Québec. A marriage outside it (the Pays d’en Haut, Detroit, a Protestant rite) would not appear.
• Spelling. Only the four spellings above were searched. A fifth spelling, or a compound forename (Marie-Geneviève), could hide a second entry.
• Compiled, so Probable at most (METHOD §2), for anything resting on it alone.

What it rules out, within those limits, is a second Pierre-and-Geneviève couple of this surname marrying in the colony. For Q-0005 that is the alternative that mattered: the 1758 and 1787 parents, Pierre Lecomte/Compte & Geneviève Boulris/Boullerice, have no other marriage in the index to belong to.

Names in this act without a person file

None.

Transcription

Screenshot of the PRDH family page, as Steve saved it. A cookie banner hides one row between Joseph Aimé (1762) and Urbain (1765).

Family #28790 of Pierre Marie LECOMPTE COMTE (father Pierre Lecompte Comte, mother Marie Charlotte Charles Fournier Préfontaine) and Genevieve BOULERICE (father Gabriel Boulerice, mother Genevieve Jetté Beaurivage). Marriage: 19 Apr 1751, Montréal, Lachine (Sts-Anges).

(PRDH’s « Birth (Baptism) » column gives the birth date where known. Pierre Pascal’s 1758-03-25 is the birth, and his baptism was the 26th, S-0054.)

What it says

A compiled family reconstitution: demographers’ linking of parish acts into families. Under METHOD §2 it leads to the acts and is never the act. Anything resting on it alone is Probable at most.

What it contributes to Q-0005 is independence. PRDH links the 1751 Lachine couple to Pierre Pascal’s 1758 baptism, his 1787 marriage and his 1831 burial, with the dates we read from the acts ourselves. That was done by other hands, on the whole family, and not from the three acts we chose. Our reading and theirs agree.

It also gives, for the first time, the whole sibship. The family moves Caughnawaga (1757–61) → La Prairie (1762–66) → Pointe-Claire (1767–79). That matches the 1787 act’s « de la paroisse de la Pointe Claire » and the sister’s 1793 St-Constant marriage (répertoire, S-0001). The répertoire printed that date « 31-09-1793 ». PRDH gives 30 Sept 1793.

Points to check against the acts, not adopt:

• The father is Pierre Marie here. Every act held calls him Pierre.
• The 1761 son is named Gabriel, the bride’s father’s name. That suggests Gabriel Boutrice was godfather, which is what Q-0005 asks for, but the baptism is not held.
• The bride’s mother is Jetté (Beaurivage). S-0004’s « Fotté? Setté? » is now read as jetté (below).

Names in this record without a person file

The fifteen siblings of Pierre Pascal listed above, and their spouses: none has a file.

Transcription

Frame 5936×3632, a two-page opening; the act is the fourth on the right-hand page. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026 for Q-0005, on the lead from PRDH (S-0056). Every name re-cropped at 2–4× native with contrast raised. The godfather’s surname was cropped to the page edge.

Die 12ª 7bris baptizavi cum ecclesiae ceremoniis puerum pridie natum ex Patre Petro Cont, et Genovefa Boutrise conjugibus, quem Gabrielem nominavit Gabriel Boutrise cum Theresia Savoyard, quae cum Patre Pueri subscripsit. B. Well S.J.

[signed] pierre cont · Thereze savoyard

On 12 September I baptized with the ceremonies of the Church a boy born the day before, of the father Pierre Cont and Geneviève Boutrise, married, whom Gabriel Boutrise named Gabriel, with Thérèse Savoyard, who signed with the child’s father.

The year is not written in the act or on the opening. It is 1761 by PRDH (S-0056), which gives this child’s birth as 11 Sept 1761, the day before this baptism (« pridie natum »). PRDH indexed this act. It falls six frames after Pierre Pascal’s baptism of March 1758 (S-0054), in the same volume.

Uncertain readings: the godfather’s surname is written like the mother’s: Bou, then a letter that is t or r with a looped ascender, then ise. The priest spells both the same way, so they are one name, Boutrise. It is not Bourise: the mother’s own surname two lines below has the same letter, and she is Boutrice in 1751.

What it says about each party

Child: Gabriel, born 11 Sept, baptized 12 Sept [1761].

Father: Petrus Cont. He signs, « pierre cont », all lower case, the forename run on into the surname, and spelled cont, the spelling the 1751 Lachine groom used for his own signature (S-0004, « pierrecont »). No priest in either act spells the name that way. The 1751 frame is low-resolution (2578 px wide), so the two hands are consistent rather than matched letter by letter.

Mother: Genovefa Boutrise: Geneviève Boutrice, the 1751 bride’s surname in this priest’s spelling.

Godfather: Gabriel Boutrise. The act gives no relationship, but he has the forename and surname of the 1751 bride’s father, Gabriel Boutrice, who was present and signed at her wedding (S-0004, P-0021). The child is named for him, and in this register the godparents name the child. The simplest reading is that the godfather is the child’s maternal grandfather.

Godmother: Thérèse Savoyard, who signs.

For Q-0005. This baptism joins the Caughnawaga couple to the 1751 Lachine couple twice, and neither join is a name match of the couple:

1. By kin. The Caughnawaga couple’s son is named by a Gabriel Boutrice, whose name is the 1751 bride’s father’s name.
2. By hand. The Caughnawaga father signs pierre cont, as the 1751 groom did.

The Caughnawaga couple of 1761 is the couple of Pierre Pascal’s baptism in 1758: the same mission, the same names, three and a half years apart, and PRDH (S-0056) holds them as one family.

Names in this act without a person file

Gabriel Cont (the child, b. 1761; PRDH: m. Vaudreuil 1788) · Thérèse Savoyard (godmother) · B. Well, S.J.

Found and not used

The rest of the opening, Feb–Dec [1761], is baptisms of Mohawk and Abenaki families of the mission, by Huguet and Well. None has a Cont, Lecomte or Boutrice in it. Names not transcribed (rule 6).

Transcription

Frame 5936×3712, a two-page opening; the act is the fourth on the right-hand page. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026 for Q-0005. Names re-cropped at about 2.5× native with contrast raised.

Die 10ª februarii ego infra scriptus baptisavi cum ecclesiae ceremoniis puellam hodie natam ex patre Petro Lecompte et matre Genovefa Boutrise conjugibus, quam Mariam Genovefam nominarunt Gabriel Boutrise et Maria Carola Fournier.

B. Deneuville S.J.

On 10 February I baptized a girl born that day, of the father Pierre Lecompte and the mother Geneviève Boutrise, married, whom Gabriel Boutrise and Marie-Charlotte Fournier named Marie-Geneviève.

What it says about each party

Child: Marie-Geneviève, born and baptized 10 Feb 1757. By PRDH (S-0056) she is the eldest child of the family.

Parents: Pierre Lecompte and Geneviève Boutrise, married.

Godparents: Gabriel Boutrise and Marie-Charlotte Fournier. The act gives neither a relationship. But the 1751 Lachine act (S-0004) names the bride’s father Gabriel Boutrice (present, signed) and the groom’s mother Marie Fournier, Marie Cha[rlotte] Fo[urnier] in the parentage clause (present, could not sign), and the 1721 act (S-0005) names her Marie Charlotte Fournier. The eldest child of a couple named by one grandparent from each side is the ordinary custom of the colony.

For Q-0005. This is the strongest single act for the question. Six years after the Lachine wedding, the Caughnawaga couple’s eldest child is named by two people who carry the names of the 1751 bride’s father and the 1751 groom’s mother. That joins the couple to both families of the 1751 act.

Names in this act without a person file

Marie-Geneviève Lecompte (the child, b. 1757) · B. Deneuville, S.J.

Found and not used

The rest of the opening, late 1756 to Feb 1757, is mission baptisms, several Abenaki (« Abnaquis »). None has a Lecompte, Boutrise or Fournier in it. Names not transcribed (rule 6).

Transcription

Frame 2320×1404 (low resolution), a two-page opening; the act is on the left-hand page, fol. 56. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026 for Q-0005. Re-cropped at 2–3× native; the resolution limits what can be read.

Marginal heading: marie geneviève lecomte

Le dix novembre a été baptisée marie geneviève née le […] fille de pierre lecomte et de geneviève […] le parrain [a été] pierre lecomte la marraine françoise lac[…] qui n’ont su signer.

Brassier ptre

Year: 1759, from the page. The December entries that follow run to « fin de l’année », then the heading « 1760 », and the next act is dated « l’an mil sept cent soixante et le premier janvier ». PRDH (S-0056) gives 1759-11-08 for this child.

Not read at this resolution: the mother’s surname, the day of birth (PRDH’s 8th would fit « huit », which is not certain), whether the godfather is described (father? grandfather?), and the godmother’s surname after « lac ».

What it says about each party

Child: Marie-Geneviève, baptized 10 Nov 1759 at Lachine. She has the same name as the 1757 child (S-0058), whom PRDH gives no burial for. A second child of the name usually means the first had died.

Parents: Pierre Lecomte and Geneviève […].

Godparents: Pierre Lecomte, possibly the father standing in or the grandfather, the Montréal beadle of 1751; not stated. Françoise Lac[…].

For Q-0005. Weaker than S-0057 and S-0058, because of the resolution. What it adds is place: between the Caughnawaga baptisms of 1758 and 1761, the couple baptized a child at Lachine, the 1751 bride’s own parish and the parish of her wedding.

Names in this act without a person file

Marie-Geneviève Lecomte (b. 1759) · Françoise Lac[…] (godmother) · Brassier ptre.

Transcription

Frame 5360×3024, a two-page opening; the act is the first on the left-hand page. Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026 for Q-0005. Names re-cropped at about 2× native with contrast raised.

Marginal heading: S. 326 / Genev. / Bourlerith[e] / femme de / Compte

Le huit Décembre mil sept cent quatre vingt dix neuf par moi prêtre soussigné a été inhumé dans le cimetière joignant l’Église le corps de Geneviève Boulerith, veuve de Pierre Comte forgeron, décédée avant-hier âgée de soixante et douze ans. Ont été présents les sieurs Sauvage et Roy chantres soussignés.

[signed] Michel Roy · […] Sauvage · Bédard ptre

What it says about each party

Deceased: Geneviève Boulerith (Boullerice), died 6 Dec 1799, buried 8 Dec, at Montréal, aged 72. She is the widow (veuve) of Pierre Comte, forgeron.

Her husband: Pierre Comte, blacksmith, dead by December 1799. That is the trade his son Pascal practised at St-Constant in 1807 (S-0052).

Witnesses: the church’s two cantors, as usual at Notre-Dame; no kin.

The age does not fit exactly. The bride’s parents married on 5 March 1731 (F-0006; index, S-0013). A daughter of that marriage was at most about 68 in December 1799, not 72. A burial age four years too high for an old woman is common, since the informant is guessing, and this one was given by nobody named. Recorded as a discrepancy, not a conflict. The 1731 act is not held.

For Q-0005. It adds no kin, but it pairs Geneviève Boullerice with Pierre Comte once more, independently of the St-Philippe and Caughnawaga acts. And forgeron runs from the father (this act) to the son (S-0052), which ties the St-Constant blacksmith Pascal back to a Pierre Comte blacksmith of Montréal.

Names in this act without a person file

Michel Roy and […] Sauvage (chantres) · Bédard ptre.

Transcription

Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, one of four La Prairie baptisms of Pierre Pascal’s brothers, for Q-0005.

Marginal heading: B. / Jos. Emé / Comte

L’an mil sept cent soixante deux le vingt sept novembre je soussigné prêtre ai baptisé Joseph Emé Comte né la veille fils de Pierre Comte et de Geneviève Bou[r]dis(?) sa femme. Le parrain Joseph Bonneville(?) et la marraine Marie Joseph Lebel(?) ont déclaré ne savoir signer.

Jacques Deslignerys ptre

What it says about each party

Child: Joseph-Aimé, born 26 Nov, baptized 27 Nov 1762 at La Prairie. He is the Joseph Compte, frère de l’époux who witnessed Pierre Pascal’s wedding in 1787 (S-0003), by PRDH (S-0056).

Parents: Pierre Comte and Geneviève Bou[r]dis(?), « sa femme ». The priest’s spelling of Boutrice; the letter after Bou is not certain.

Godparents: Joseph Bonneville(?) and Marie-Joseph Lebel(?). No kin is apparent. Nobody signs, and the father is not said to be present.

Names in this act without a person file

Joseph-Aimé Comte (b. 1762) · Joseph Bonneville(?) · Marie-Joseph Lebel(?) · Jacques Deslignerys ptre.

Transcription

Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, one of four La Prairie baptisms of Pierre Pascal’s brothers, for Q-0005.

Marginal heading: B. 2 / Louis Aug. / Comte

L’an mil sept cent soixante quatre le deux janvier je soussigné prêtre ai baptisé Louis Augustin né led. jour fils de Pierre Comte et de Geneviève Bouthise son épouse. Le parrain Louis Montreuil ne signe point et la marraine Marie Marguerite Paquet a signé.

[signed] marimargueritte paquet · pierrecont · Jacques Deslignerys ptre

What it says about each party

Child: Louis-Augustin, born and baptized 2 Jan 1764 at La Prairie. He is the child hidden by the cookie banner on the PRDH page (S-0056), between Joseph-Aimé (1762) and Urbain (1765).

Parents: Pierre Comte and Geneviève Bouthise (Boutrice), « son épouse ».

Godparents: Louis Montreuil, who does not sign, and Marie-Marguerite Paquet, who signs.

The father signs « pierrecont », forename and surname run together, exactly as the 1751 Lachine groom signed (S-0004, « pierrecont »), and spelled cont as at Caughnawaga in 1761 (S-0057). That makes three signatures of one form across thirteen years and three parishes. The text does not say the father signed, but the signature is under the act, beside the godmother’s.

Names in this act without a person file

Louis-Augustin Comte (b. 1764) · Louis Montreuil · Marie-Marguerite Paquet · Jacques Deslignerys ptre.

Found and not used

The next act on the page (Jan 1764) has a Lérigé among its parties and a godmother who signs « …lerigée ». A Lériger household at La Prairie in 1764, with the surname of Véronique Lérigé (P-0004), whom Pierre Pascal married in 1787. No relationship is shown. It was read only at overview magnification, so the names are not transcribed (rule 6).

Transcription

Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, one of four La Prairie baptisms of Pierre Pascal’s brothers, for Q-0005.

Marginal heading: B. 14 / Urbain / Comte

L’an mil sept cent soixante cinq le huit mars je soussigné prêtre ai baptisé Urbain né la veille fils de Pierre Comte et de Geneviève Bourlisse son épouse. Le parrain Sr Louis Drainville a signé et la marraine Marie Charlotte Comte a déclaré ne savoir signer.

[signed] Louis Drenvill · pierre conte · Jacques Deslignerys ptre

What it says about each party

Child: Urbain, born 7 March, baptized 8 March 1765 at La Prairie. He is the Urbain Compte, frère de l’époux of 1787 (S-0003), by PRDH.

Parents: Pierre Comte and Geneviève Bourlisse (Boutrice), « son épouse ».

Godparents: Sieur Louis Drainville, who signs « Louis Drenvill », and Marie-Charlotte Comte, who cannot sign. She is a Comte, very probably of the father’s family. The act gives no relationship. The father’s own mother was a Marie-Charlotte (Fournier), whose name a daughter would carry.

A second signature, « pierre cont[e] », lower case, is under the act. The frame is too coarse to say whether it ends in e. The text does not say the father signed.

Names in this act without a person file

Urbain Comte (b. 1765) · Louis Drainville · Marie-Charlotte Comte · Jacques Deslignerys ptre.

Transcription

Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026, one of four La Prairie baptisms of Pierre Pascal’s brothers, for Q-0005.

Marginal heading: B. 36 / […] / [Com]te (margin damaged)

L’an mil sept cent soixante six le vingt huit avril je soussigné prêtre ai baptisé Jean Baptiste né la veille fils de Pierre C[omte] et de Geneviève Boutrise son épouse. Le parrain Pierre P[…]deau et la marraine Marie Catherine Dupuy ont déclaré ne savoir signer.

Jacques Deslignerys ptre

What it says about each party

Child: Jean-Baptiste, born 27 April, baptized 28 April 1766 at La Prairie. PRDH gives his burial four months later.

Parents: Pierre C[omte] (the surname is lost at the line-end) and Geneviève Boutrise, « son épouse ».

Godparents: Pierre P[…]deau (surname partly unread) and Marie-Catherine Dupuy. Neither signs. No kin is apparent.

Names in this act without a person file

Jean-Baptiste Comte (b. 1766) · Pierre P[…]deau · Marie-Catherine Dupuy · Jacques Deslignerys ptre.

Transcription

Two frames. The act begins at the foot of the right-hand page of d1p_11730302 and ends, with its signatures, at the head of the left-hand page of the next frame. Second frame: images/S-0065b_1731-03-05_marriage-act_NotreDameMontreal_d1p_11730303.jpg, sha256 788c66b5e9c82f0434f0c24958fedd9565e656b4fdf07073eb4d8f0847a43d7d, 2202×1331, sighted by Claude 2026-09-29. (The schema holds one image: per source; the continuation is recorded and hashed here, as for S-0003 and S-0005.) Pulled by Steve on 29 Sept 2026. Re-cropped at 2.5–4× with contrast raised. What could not be read is marked […], and nothing has been supplied from the index.

Le cinquième jour du mois de mars de l’année mil sept cent trente et un, après la publication de trois bans […] sans qu’il se soit rencontré aucun empêchement ni opposition, et avec la permission de Mgr Dosquet(?) évêque de […] coadjuteur de Québec […], je soussigné prêtre du Séminaire de St-Sulpice faisant les fonctions curiales dans la paroisse de Villemarie, ayant pris le mutuel consentement par paroles de présent de gabriel bourt[…] […] fils de feu Jean-Baptiste […] et de […] de la paroisse de […] d’une part, et de […] Geneviève […] Jetté […] fille de Urbain Jetté et de […] d’autre part, […] leur ai donné la bénédiction nuptiale selon les règles et cérémonies observées dans la Sainte Église, en présence de Jean-Baptiste Bou[r]trice(?) et de Charles Le Verrier(?) […], de Urbain Jetté père de l’épouse, de […] Nicolas Jetté son oncle et de Luc Dufresne […] et Nicolas Jetté […] qui ont déclaré ne sçavoir signer de ce enquis, les autres ont signé avec nous.

[signed] gabri[el] bou[r/t]ri[ce] · charles […]rry · jean Cou[r]isse(?) · Luc du Fresne · mari joseph jette · marguerite jette · A. Deat, vic.

Date. « Le cinquième jour du mois de mars de l’année mil sept cent trente et un ». The next entry on the following frame is dated « Le mardi sixième mars mil sept cent trente un ».

What it says about each party

Groom: Gabriel Bou[rt…], the surname running off the line end, son of the late Jean-Baptiste […]. He signs: « gabri[el] bou[…]ri[…] », lower case, with a looped g. That is consistent with the « gabriel bo[utrice] » who signed as father of the bride at Lachine in 1751 (S-0004). Both frames are coarse, so consistent, not matched.

Bride: Geneviève […] Jetté, daughter of Urbain Jetté, who is present, and of […]. A mari[e] joseph jette and a marguerite jette sign, probably her kin, though no relationship is legible.

Witnesses: Jean-Baptiste Bou[r]trice(?), probably of the groom’s family; Charles Le Verrier(?); Urbain Jetté, father of the bride; Nicolas Jetté, uncle; Luc Dufresne.

Against what was held. The index (S-0013) gave this marriage as Gabriel Boullerice × Geneviève Jetté, 5 March 1731, Notre-Dame, and linked the groom’s parents as Jean Bourrice × Marie Demers (F-0026) and the bride’s as Urbain Jetté × Marie Chevalier (F-0029). The act agrees on the date, the place, both forenames, the bride’s surname, both fathers’ forenames and the bride’s father’s surname. It could not be read for the groom’s full surname, the groom’s father’s surname or either mother.

Names in this act without a person file

Jean-Baptiste Bou[r]trice(?) · Charles Le Verrier(?) · Nicolas Jetté (uncle) · Luc Dufresne · Marie-Joseph Jetté · Marguerite Jetté · Jean Cou[r]isse(?) · A. Deat, vicaire.

Found and not used

Same first frame, left-hand page, February 1731: the burial of an infant ondoyé, « le fils de pierre comte » (marginal heading). A Pierre Comte was having children at Montréal in 1731, and the beadle Pierre Le Comte (P-0010) married Marie-Charlotte Fournier in 1721. The mother’s name was not read at this resolution, so nothing is claimed.