On 20 Mar 1736, Genevií¨ve Gamache, daughter of Nicolas Gamache and í‰lisabeth Ursule Cloutier, was buried in the cemetery of the parish of Rivií¨re Ouelle, New France.
The Death and Burial Record of Genevií¨ve Gamache – 1736
SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of Rivií¨re Ouelle, New France, 1736. Death and Burial Record of Genevií¨ve Gamache, Front of Folio 3.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death and Burial Record of Genevií¨ve Gamache – 1736. Translated from the French the record reads:
Bur[ial] of Genevií¨ve Gamache, wife of Belles Isles
In the year one thousand seven hundred thirty six on the twentieth of March was buried in the cemetery of Rivií¨re Ouelle by us, the missionary priest of this place, the body of Genevií¨ve Gamache, wife of Jean Gagnon dit Belles Isles in the presence of the said Jean Gagnon and Pierre Boucher, who has signed with me.
                [signed] P Boucher          Duchouquet, priest
This record can be found as image 4/20 in the Québec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Rivií¨re Ouelle 1735-1740. The record appears on the front of folio 3.
Genevií¨ve is described as the wife of Jean Gagnon dit Belles Isles, the husband of her second marriage.
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