Etienne Veau dit Sylvain & Marguerite Gagnon

1938. Etienne Veau dit Sylvain & 1939. Marguerite Gagnon

8/23/1671, Etienne born in Beaupre, Canada; s/o 3876. Sylvain Veau & 3877. Anne Gallet.

1673, Marguerite born in Chateau Richer, Canada; d/o 1836. Jean Gagnon & 1837. Marguerite Drouin.

1681 census of Comte de Montmorency; Marguerite, age 8, living with her parents.

10/9/1681, Etienne’s father, dying at Hotel Dieu, wrote a will requesting that Pierre Gagnon take guardianship of Etienne, because his mother had returned to France and he had no other relatives living in Canada.

Etienne took possession of his father’s land in Beaupre.

11/22/1693, Etienne signed his marriage contract with Marguerite.

11/23/1693 in Chateau Richer, Etienne, age 23, married Marguerite, age 19. All parents listed and identified as deceased. Attending: Jean and Noel Gagnon – brothers of Marguerite, Etienne Drouin, and Germain Gagnon.

1/9/1703, Etienne, age 32, died in Beaupre, buried the next day; Marguerite was pregnant.

5/7/1703, Marguerite, age 30, died in Ste Anne de Beaupre of complications of childbirth; buried the next day.

Children of Etienne and Marguerite:

i. Marie Anne Veau (969), born 8/29/1694 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Canada.

ii. Pierre Veau, born 10/23/1696 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Canada.
4/28/1722 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Pierre married Catherine, d/o Francois Racine & Marie Baucher.

iii. Genevieve Veau, born 9/28/1698 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Canada.
4/18/1717 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Genevieve married Francois Racine, s/o Francois Racine & Marie Baucher.
8/12/1765, Genevieve, age 67, died in Ste Anne de Beaupre.

iv. Marguerite Veau, born 12/27/1700 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Canada.
2/4/1721 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Marguerite married Joseph Racine, s/o Francois Racine & Marie Baucher.
3/26/1724, Marguerite, age 24, died in Ste Anne de Beaupre.

v. Etienne Veau, born 5/7/1703 in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Canada.
11/6/1724 in St Vallier, Etienne married Anne Louise, d/o Pierre Corriveau & Anne Gaboury.