On 28 Jan 1779, Aubin Gamache was born to parents Aubin Gamache and Thérí¨se Sylvestre. On 31 Jan 1779, he was baptized in the Parish of Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny County, Lower Canada.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Aubin Gamache – 1779
SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Parish of Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny County, Lower Canada, 1779. Birth and Baptismal Record of Aubin Gamache, Front of Folio 18, B.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Aubin Gamache – 1779. Translated from the French the record reads:
B[aptism] of Aubin Gamache
On the thirty first of January in the year one thousand seven hundred seventy nine, by me, the undersigned servant priest of the parish of Cap St. Ignace, was baptized Aubin, born on the twenty eighth of the present month of the legitimate marriage of Aubin Gamache and Thérése Silvestre. The Godfather was Pierre Gamache, paternal uncle, and the Godmother was Marguerite Silvestre, maternal aunt, who have declared that they do not know how to sign as required according to law. The father was absent.
                                            Bedard priest
This record can be found as image 517/948 in the Québec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Cap St. Ignace 1679-1808. The record appears on the front of folio 18.
This record also provides two additional family names: Pierre Gamache, paternal uncle, and Marguerite Silvestre, maternal aunt.
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