On 03 Nov 1705, Genevií¨ve Gamache, daughter of Nicolas Gamache and Marie Dion, was born. She was baptized in Notre Dame de Bonsecours de l’Islet, L’Islet sur Mer, Québec, New France on 03 Nov 1705.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Genevií¨ve Gamache – 1705
SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Notre Dame de Bonsecours de l’Islet, L’Islet sur Mer, Québec, New France, 1705. Birth and Baptismal Record of Genevií¨ve Gamache, folio 9 recto.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Genevií¨ve Gamache – 1705. Translated from the French the record reads:
Bap[tism] of Genevií¨ve Gamache
On the third of the month of November in the year one-thousand seven-hundred five was baptized by me, the undersigned missionary priest of the seminary of Québec, performing the functions of the pastor of the parish of Notre Dame de Bonsecours, Genevií¨ve, born on this same day, daughter of Nicolas Gamache and Marie Dion his wife, residing in this parish. The Godfather and Godmother were Franí§ois Dion, grandfather of the infant, and Marie LeBlanc, who have stated that they do not know how to sign as required by law.
    thus signed Philippe Rageot, missionary priest
This entry is a different copy of the entry I previously wrote about on 07 Nov 2008. This copy is much more legible, but it does not appear to include the exact same language as the first. Still, the basic information provided is the same
This record can be found as image 9/149 in the Québec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com as part of the records for L’Islet-sur-mer 1683-1762. The record appears on folio 9 recto (the front of folio 9).
Copyright © 2008 by Stephen J. Danko
