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Marie Madeleine Auvray was born 1652 in St. Vivien, Rouen, Normandie, France. She died 6 MAY 1734 in Pointe Aux Trembles, Ile de Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Antoine Auvray (c1625-?) and Marie Lenormand (c1630-?).
Marie Madeleine Auvray's husband was Nicholas Matte (1636-1704). They were married 12 OCT 1671 in Cathedral Notre Dame De Quebec, Canada. They had three known children named Alexis Matte (1692-?), Laurent Matte, and Leonard Matte (?-1698).
She was buried 7 MAY 1734 in Neuville, Portneuf, Quebec.
BIOGRAPHY: Marie-Madeleine Auvray was a King's daughter.
Fille du Roi
Marriage contract # DGFC 1:420
She was born Rouen, Normandie, France the daughter of the deceased
Antoine Auvrey
and Marie Lenormand, of the parish of Saint Vivien de Rouen. Her
parents were married
August 22, 1649. She married Nicholas Matte October 12, 1671 in
Quebec. (Her
marriage contract was signed by notary Bequet October 10, 1671.) Her
dowry was
estimated at 300 livres and 50 from the King of France.
Le patronyme de la mere de cette fille n'est pas inscrit dans le contrat de
mariage ni dans
L'Act D'Etat Civil. Le Pere Godinot ecrit qu'on ne trouve, a cette epoque,
qu'un seud
Antoine Auvrey dans les registres de la paroisse de Saint Vivien de
Rouen.
(Loose translation) The surname of the mother of this girl is not
registered in the
marriage contract nor in the Act of Marital Status. Ie. Father Godinot
writes that one does
not find, at this time, that an Antoine Auvrey in the Registers of the Parish
of Saint Vivien
of Rouen.