Mathurine Marguerite Juillet

Mathurine Marguerite Juillet (31 December 1651 – 6 March 1723) was born and died in Ville-Marie (Montreal). She was the daughter of Blaise July, called Avignon, and Anne Antoinette de Liercourt, and married Urban Baudreau, called Graveline, in Ville-Marie in 1664. She is identified in the family notes as the mother of the Baudreau/July lineage in America.

Mathurine Marguerite Juillet was born on 31 December 1651 in Ville-Marie (Montreal), the daughter of Blaise July, called Avignon, and Anne Antoinette de Liercourt.

In 1664, she married Urban Baudreau, called Graveline, in Ville-Marie (Montreal). The original family notes state that she was 12 years old at the time of the marriage.

Mathurine and Urban were the parents of Gabriel Baudreau, known as Graveline, who married Catherine Forestier; Marie Baudreau, who married Pierre Ducharme; Elisabeth Baudreau, who married Jacques Richard; Marie-Anne Baudreau, who married Guillaume Beaudoin; Paul Baudreau, called Graveline, who married Marie Tessier; Marie-Madeleine Baudreau, who married Pierre Gagné; and Jean Baudreau, who married Françoise Bazine.

Mathurine Marguerite Juillet died on 6 March 1723 in Montreal. In this family line, she is an 8th great-grandmother in Barbara’s family.

Historical context

The supplied family notes describe Mathurine Marguerite Juillet as the mother of the Baudreau/July lineage in America. Her life, marriage, and death were associated with Ville-Marie (Montreal).

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