When Marcelline Brosseau was born on 29 March 1824, in L'Acadie, Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada, her father, Philippe Brosseau, was 41 and her mother, Sophie Marguerite Guérin, was 21. She married Narcisse Bissonette on 31 May 1842, in Saint-Athanase, Iberville, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 3 June 1868, in Valcourt, Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 44, and was buried in Valcourt, Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.