Marie Josephte Gervais

Brief Life History of Marie Josephte

When Marie Josephte Gervais was born in 1765, in Saint-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada, her father, Gabriel Gervais, was 47 and her mother, Marie Anne Amable Babeu, was 31. She married Francois Leriger Laplante on 16 November 1789, in Saint-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 12 May 1804, in her hometown, at the age of 39, and was buried in Saint-Philippe, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Francois Leriger Laplante
1758–
Marie Josephte Gervais
1765–1804
Marriage: 16 November 1789
Louis Leriger
1790–1790
Marie Josephe Leriger
1792–1792
Madeleine Leriger
1793–1803
Gervais
1795–1795
Francois Leriger dit Laplante
1796–
Flavie Laplante Lériger
1800–
Marie Amable leriger dit Laplante
1802–

Sources (2)

  • Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-9Q5V?cc=1321742&wc=HC8Y-GP8%3A22325401%2C22325402%2C22325403
  • Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-9WQN?cc=1321742&wc=HC8Y-GP8%3A22325401%2C22325402%2C22325403

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Normand, Armand, Aime, Andre, Emile, Pierre, Raoul, Alain, Alcide, Camille, Cecile.

French: from the personal name Gervais (see Jarvis 1). Compare Jarvey 2 and Jarvis 3.

Altered form of French Gervaise, a variant of 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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