On 17 Feb 1693, Marguerite Fortin, daughter of Charles Fortin and Marie Sainte Cloutier, was born. She was baptized in St. Ignace du Cap St. Ignace, Cap St. Ignace, Québec, New France on 20 Feb 1693.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Marguerite Fortin – 1693
SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Cap St. Ignace, Québec, New France, 1693. Birth and Baptismal Record of Marguerite Fortin, recto folio 13.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Marguerite Fortin – 1693. Translated from the French the record reads:
Baptism of Marguerite Fortin
In the year one-thousand six-hundred ninety-three on the twentieth of the month of February by me, the undersigned priest providing the functions of the pastor of the parish of St. Ignace was baptized Marguerite, born the seventeenth of this month, daughter of Charles Fortin and Sainte Cloutier his wife. The Godfather was Joseph Caron and the Godmother was Louise Cloutier who have declared that they do not know how to sign as required by law.
                      thus signed Francheville, Priest
This record can be found as image 14/948 in the Québec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com as part of the records for Cap-St-Ignace 1679-1808. The record appears on recto folio 13.
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