On 17 Nov 1708, Franí§ois Gamache, son of Louis Gamache and Angelique Minville, was baptized in St. Ignace du Cap St. Ignace, Cap St. Ignace, Québec, New France.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Franí§ois Gamache – 1708
SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. St. Ignace du Cap St. Ignace, Cap St. Ignace, Québec, New France, 1708. Birth and Baptismal Record of Franí§ois Gamache, folio 32 verso.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Franí§ois Gamache – 1708. Translated from the French the record reads:
Bap[tism] of Franí§ois Gamache
On the seventeenth of November in the year one-thousand seven-[hundred eight, b]y me the undersigned priest serving the functions of the pasto[r of the p]arish of St. Ignace, was baptized Franí§ois, son of L[ouis Gamach]e and Angélique Minville his wife. The Godfather [was Augustin] Gamache and the Godmother was Marie Franí§oise Richard [who have sta]ted that they do not know how to sign as required by [law. [signed] LeR]iche, missionary priest
Part of this record was obliterated and cannot be read. I reconstructed the record using information from other records and information I already knew about the individuals named. The reconstructed portions of the record are shown in square brackets.
This record can be found as image 34/948 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 folio 32 verso (the reverse of folio 32).
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