Gilles 1m. Magdeleine Babault, then he 2m. Catherine Cavillier in 1638 at Meaux, France. (Contrat 5 Jun 1638, Jean Doye, Meaux). Catherine d. 6 Jan 1652.
Gillette Banne lm Marin Chauvin, Ch.41-2, father of Marie Chauvin
Denoyon, Ch.41-1; 2m Jacques Bertault 1653, Ch.45-2, father of Marguerite
Bertault Veronneau, Ch.45-l. Gilette and Jacques Bertault were convicted of
murder and sentenced to death. See file for further info.
Jacques and wife, Gelette Baun (Banne), and their daughter, Isabelle, widow of Julien Latouche, convicted of wanting to poison the husband of Isabelle and assassinating him, were sentenced as follows:
Jacques Bertault and Gilette Baune (sp), taken from the prison of Quebec by the executioner of the High Justice, conducted to the front of the parish church door of this village, a rope around their neck, their wrists manacled,
Bertault to be nude in a shirt, Baune to be nude in a shirt from the shoulders to the waist and kneeling, ask pardon from God and the king for the crimes committed by them; condemned in addition, the said Bertault to be strangled
on Saint Andre cross that will be put on the scaffold built for this purpose in the center of the city, and then have his arms and thighs broken each by a stroke of a bar; Gilette Baune also condemned to be present at the execution
of her husband, and to be hanged and strangled on a gallows that will be built for this purpose at this place.It is ordered that after the execution of Bertault, his body will be carried on a cart to Diamond Point, the designated place, to serve as an example; and having regard for the age of Isabelle Bertault, she being only 13
years old, by mercy and without consideration, is condemned to make amends in an honorable way as directed. And to be present at the execution ordered for these persons, her father and mother, and furthermore fined 60 livres
applicable, half to the Recollets priests to pray for the repose of the soul of said Julien Latouche, the surplus of their goods acquired and confiscated to the king; directing the court to remit to Nicolas and Jeanne Bertault, the
minor children of Jacques and Gilette Baune, the surplus of the fine and confiscated goods.NOTE; Jeanne Bertault and her husband, Mathurin Richard, were killed by the Iroquois on 12 Aug 1695. There is also no mention of our ancestress, Marguerite Bertault (b. 1655, m. Denys Veronneau) possibly because
she was married in 1668, also at age 13, four years prior to the above action.
555. Sainte or Jane PAULIN-Ch.47-3
Sante Paulin, upon the death of her lst husband, Antoine Buron, 2m. Robert Vie. They had 2 daughters, Marie-Sante and Marie. These two girls came to the Colony and Marie-Sainte m. Jean Poitras, 27 Aug 1664, 17 children; and Marie m. Hubert Simon dit Lapointe, 27 Nov 1659, 15 children.
Francois was the father of our lst Can. Ancestor, Etienne Trudeau. Etienne's
mother was Catherine Matinier of the same area.
578. Gilbert,Dit Le Minime BARBIER-Ch.59-2
Gilbert Barbier, a carpenter, was one of a group of 12 colonists who arrived at
Montreal in August of 1642. He was also procureur-fiscal and the lst warden of
the Church of Notre Dame, appointed 21 Nov 1657. is parents were Pierre and
Claudia Vison of France. His wife was Catherine La Vau (d'Alexandre & Louise
Renel).
Their children were, Marie, entered the Congregation of Notre Dame in 1678 and
died therein on 19 May 1739; two sons gave their lives for their country,
Nicolas, who was killed at LaPrairie in 1691 against the English and Charles-
Henry, perished in 1691 at Repentigny under the command of Lemoyne de
Bienville, in a fight with the Iroquois. Gabriel, accompanied La Salle in
1682 when he discovered the Mississippi.
580. Jacques LaFontaine MENARD-Ch.60-2
Jacques & Catherine Fortier are parents of Jean-Baptiste Menard m.to
Marguerite Etienne (see C60-1). They also are parents of Marie-Anne Menard (see
M-117-l) married to Francois Brunet-Belhumeur. This is a situation where the
Charon and Machabbe lines converge.