This yr marks the two hundredth anniversary of the marriage of my paternal great-great-great-grandparents, Pierre Janvry dit Belair and Scholastique St-Michel.
Pierre was born on 2 March 1772 in Ste-Geneviève (now Pierrefonds), close to Montreal. He was the sixth baby and youngest son of François Janvry dit Belair, a French-born soldier, by his spouse Marie-Elisabeth Martel.
On 12 August 1793, Pierre married Marguerite Campeau. That they had 14 kids earlier than Marguerite died, age 44, on 10 September 1817.
Inside a number of months, Pierre sought a spouse for himself and a mom for his 5 surviving kids. He mounted his alternative on 22-year-old Scholastique St-Michel. Daughter of Joseph St-Michel, a miller, and Elisabeth Marleau (Merlot), Scholastique was born on 4 Might 1796 in Vaudreuil, east of Montreal.
On 5 September 1818, Pierre and Scholastique entered into a wedding contract on the workplace of notary Joseph Fee. Two days later, on 7 September 1818, the couple married within the parish church at Ste-Geneviève. [1]
| Janvry – St-Michel marriage report, verso (FamilySearch) |
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| Janvry – St-Michel marriage report, recto (FamilySearch) |
My transcription of Pierre and Scholastique’s marriage report (authentic lineation indicated by / ):
Lan mil huit cent dix huit le sept septembre après la publica- / tion de trois bans de mariage faite au prône de Messe paroissiale par / trois Dimanches consécutifs entre pière Jeanvri veuf de Marguerite / Campau d’une half et de Scholastique St Michel majeure fille de / Joseph St Michel et d’Elisabeth Merlot ses père et mère d’ / autre half, tous habitants de cette Paroisse, ne s’étant trouvé / aucun empêchement entre les dites events, je soussigné curé / Missionnaire ai reçu leur mutuel consentement par paroles et / leur ai donné la bénédiction Nuptiale avec les cérémonies / prescrites par la Ste Eglise notre mère, en présence et du / consentement de François Lalonde qui sert de père au garcon [,] de / Lois cardinal témoin, de Joseph St Michel père de la fille, de François / Lebrun témoin et de plusieurs autres parens et amis qui tous ont déclaré / ne savoir signer de [ce?] enquis lecture faite suivant L’ordonnance. [signed] Dumouchel ptre
My English translation (authentic lineation indicated by / ):
12 months one thousand eight hundred and eighteen the seventh september after the publica- / tion of three banns of marriage learn on the sermons of our parish Mass on / three consecutive Sundays between pière Jeanvri widower of Marguerite / Campau on the one half and of Scholastique St Michel of age daughter of / Joseph St Michel and of Elisabeth Merlot her father and mom / on the opposite half, all residents of this Parish, not having discovered / any obstacle between the mentioned events, I undersigned parish priest / Missionary have obtained their mutual consent by spoken phrases and / have given the Nuptial blessing with the prescribed ceremonies / by the Holy Church our mom, within the presence and of / the consent of François Lalonde appearing as father to the boy [,] and / Lois cardinal witness, of Joseph St Michel father of the lady, of François / Lebrun witness and of a number of different family members and mates all of whom have declared / not figuring out learn how to signal [their names] and as inquired studying performed in keeping with the legislation. [signed] Dumouchel [priest]
A few issues stood out within the textual content. One, Pierre and Scholastique are known as garçon [boy] and fille [girl], despite the fact that he was 46 years outdated and she or he was 22. Two, Pierre’s brothers-in-law have been current: François Lalonde served as proxy father to Pierre (François père died the earlier yr) and François Lebrun was a witness.
Pierre and Scholastique have been married for thirty years. He died in 1848, whereas Scholastique remarried in 1851, and died in 1864.
Supply:
1. Sainte-Geneviève (Sainte-Geneviève [Pierrefonds], Quebec), parish register, 1812-1838, p. 127 verso, no entry no. (1818), Pierre Janvry – Scholastique St Michel marriage, 7 September 1818; Sainte-Geneviève parish; digital photographs, “Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979”, FamilySearch ( : accessed 4 September 2018).
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