Struggling to read French cursive source

Question

I've been trying to find the parents of Josephine Delphine Fauché. I found a record of her marriage to Francois Jeansonne (Francis Johnson), which lists her parents. Unfortunately, I can't really decipher it. I think the mom is Louise Leblanc, but I can't even make guesses on the Faucher's first name. It's on the top left side immediately next to the thick block of sideways text.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-CWK7?wc=HC72-MNL%3A15786301%2C15786302%2C16016601&cc=1321742

Answer 1

Hi Tiffany! Welcome to G2G.

Could it be "Joséphine Faucher fille mineure de treize ans Faucher et de père Louis Leblanc"?

Was she 13? It looks more like "père" than "mère" to me, in which case her mother isn't mentioned at all. That doesn't explain why Faucher is repeated however, or why her father's surname is different from hers.

The other possibility is that instead of "de treize ans" it says "de père XXX Faucher et de mère Louise Leblanc" as you suggested, despite the "m" looking more like a "p". Maybe a clerical error!

Anyhow, in that case, XXX seems to start with "J". Jean perhaps?

Comments

Hi Jim! Thanks so much for answering!

I think she was 18 judging by the years given on her grave. I was thinking it started with "J" too, but the rest of the name seemed bizarre, particularly the ending. It just occurred to me though that it might be two words. I think it might say "fille mineure de feuisaac Faucher", sloppily written without space, and lowercase. So I think it might say "feu Isaac" as in the late Isaac; but the dip where the i would be makes me unsure.

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Brilliant, Tiffany! "feu Isaac" must be right. You've solved your own question:-) There are other capital letters written as lower case, for example j for Joséphine on the same line.

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That's great to hear! Thank you so much for the help!!

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Thanks for the star, Tiffany!