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Marie Madeleine Auvray

Family Information

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).

Events and Attributes

She was buried 7 MAY 1734 in Neuville, Portneuf, Quebec.

Notes

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.