{"id":2326,"date":"2008-03-08T00:04:26","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T07:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/08\/the-death-and-burial-of-jean-baptiste-gamache-1750\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T09:45:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:45:37","slug":"the-death-and-burial-of-jean-baptiste-gamache-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2326","title":{"rendered":"The Death and Burial of Jean Baptiste Gamache – 1750"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 30 Oct 1750, Jean Gamache, son of Nicolas Gamache and \u00ed\u2030lisabeth Ursule Cloutier, died. He was buried in the parish of Cap St. Ignace, New France on 31 Oct 1750.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Death and Burial Record of Jean Gamache – 1750<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada: Institut G\u00e9n\u00e9alogique Drouin. Parish of Cap St. Ignace, New France, 1750. Death and Burial Record of Jean Gamache, Front of Folio 22.<\/p>\n

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF<\/a> copy of the Death and Burial Record of Jean Gamache – 1750. Translated from the French the record reads:<\/p>\n

Bur[ial] of Jean Gamache<\/p>\n

In the year one thousand seven hundred fifty, on the thirty first day
\nof October, by us, the undersigned missionary priest of Cap
\nSt. Ignace, was buried in the cemetery of this Church
\nwith the\u00c2\u00a0usual ceremonies,\u00a0the body of Jean Gamache, age
\nabout seventy two years, who died yesterday without having
\nreceived last rights. The death was too rapid.
\nThe burial was made in the presence of
\nseveral residents who do not know how to write.
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 [signed] J[ean] F[ran\u00ed\u00a7ois] Curot, priest<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This record can be found as image 27\/33 in the Qu\u00e9bec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Cap St. Ignace 1747-1751. The record appears on the front of folio 22.<\/p>\n

While searching for this record, I discovered that there were quite a number of deaths reported in Cap St. Ignace in\u00c2\u00a0October and November 1750. This observation suggests there may have been an epidemic of some sort in Cap St. Ignace at that time .\u00a0<\/p>\n

There were a few words I didn’t understand in this record. I’ll have to find someone more familiar with the French language who may be able to help.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 08 Mar 2008:<\/strong> Gilles, The Nomadic Researcher<\/a>, really helped me out with this record. I had problems reading the original French in two places, both of which Gilles provided for me.<\/p>\n

The first was the phrase “avec les c\u00e9r\u00e9monies ordinaires”<\/em> which Gilles translated as “with the usual ceremonies”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The second was the phrase “Sa mort ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 trop pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9e”<\/em> which Gilles translated as “The death was too rapid”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks, thanks, and more thanks, Gilles!<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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