On 01 Mar 1666, Marie Anne Fortin, daughter of Julien Fortin-Bellefontaine and Genevií¨ve Gamache, was born. She was baptized the same day in the Church of Nôtre Dame de la Visitation in Chí¢teau Richer, Canada, New France.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Marie Anne Fortin – 1666
SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada : Institut Généalogique Drouin. Nôtre Dame de la Visitation, Chí¢teau Richer, Canada, New France, 1666. Birth and Baptismal Record of Marie Anne Fortin, page 48.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Marie Anne Fortin. The record reads:
M. Anne Fortin
In the year of grace one thousand six hundred sixty
six, on the first day of March, by me,
Louis Ango, priest, was baptized Marie
Anne Fortin, born on the same day, daughter
of Julien Fortin-Bellefontaine and
Genevií¨ve Gamache, his wife. The Godfather
was Denis Roberge and Marie Crevet, the
widow Caron.
                   Louis Ango, priest.
This record can be found as image 38/727 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Chí¢teau Richer 1661-1702. The record appears on page 48.
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