Marie Angélique Bouchard (1754 - 1789)

Born 6 Feb 1754 in St-Vallier, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Baptiste (Quémeneur) Quémeneur dit Laflamme — married 16 Oct 1769 in St-Vallier, Province de Québec

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1789 at age 35 in St-Vallier, Province de Québec

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Biography

Angélique was born in February of 1754. She was baptized Marie Angelique on February 6th 1754 in St-Vallier, DOB not specified.^[1] She was the daughter of Charles Bouchard and Marie Josephe Corriveau.^[2]

Angélique's father Charles passed away in 1760, leaving her mother Marie Josephe widowed with three young children. Her mother remarried the following year, to Louis Étienne Dodier. Her second husband was found dead in the barn in January of 1763, and Angélique's grandfather Joseph Corriveau was accused of his murder, with her mother as his accomplice. Upon being sentenced to death, Joseph then claimed that his daughter was the real mastermind behind the murder. Marie Josephe was given a second trial, where she confessed, stating that her husband had treated her cruelly. She was then sentenced to hang in chains.^[3][4] The cruel manner of her execution was carried out, likely in April of 1763, with her being hanged and then her remains being left on public display in a gibbet for at least a month. This left Angélique, then only nine years old, orphaned, along with her brother and sister. The tales that sprang up around her mother countinue to flourish to this day, and Marie Josephe Corriveau's imagined visage has even been on a prepaid postcard and Canadian postage stamp.^[5][6]

Angélique and her sister Marie Françoise both married in a double wedding ceremony in St-Vallier on October 16, 1769.^[7][8] Angélique, just fifteen, married Jean Baptiste Quémeneur dit Laflamme while Marie Françoise, seventeen, married Paul Gourgue. Their grandfather, Joseph Corriveau, acted as witness to the nuptials. Did he raise these children after the execution of his daughter? It does appear that way.

Angélique passed away in March of 1789.^[9]

Children of Jean Baptiste Kemner Laflamme and Marie Angelique Bouchard

Per PRDH^[10], All events in St-Vallier unless otherwise noted:

Marriage 16 Oct 1769 between:

Jean Baptiste Kemner Laflamme son of Joseph Kemner Laflamme and Marie Angélique Pepin Lachance and

Marie Angelique Bouchard daughter of Charles Bouchard and Marie Josephe Corriveau

Married Children:

1. Jean Baptiste b. 2 Oct 1771, m. 16 Oct 1797 to Marie Bolduc, s. 10 Dec 1846 St-Michel-de-Bellechasse
2. Josephe Marie
3. Prisque
4. Charles
5. Joseph b. 23 Apr 1785, m. 18 Feb 1828 in Ste-Claire-de-Dorchester to Angélique Baillargeon
6. Antoine b. 21 Mar 1789, m. 16 Oct 1821 to Marie Madeleine Laine Grimouche

Children with no marriages before 1850:

1. Marie Josephe known only from her burial, d. 26 Nov 1804, mother's name Marie Josephe Bouchard, she could be from a different couple. Estimated YOB 1769. My opinion that is this is the burial for Marie Ange with a mistake in both the child's name and the mother's name^[11].
2. Marie Ange b. 8 Aug 1770, no burial record found
3. Laurent b. 10 Sep 1774, d. 19 Mar 1778. died as a child
4. Marie Marguerite b. 23 Jan 1776, d. 27 Jan 1776. died as a child
5. Joseph b. 12 May 1779, d. 31 Mar 1780. died as a child
6. Cecile (female) b. 29 Nov 1781, no burial record found
7. Marie Louise b. 13 Jun 1787, no burial record found

Research Notes

Family Search entries added. See organisational documents for help in finding out of order records^[12]

• St-Vallier is missing parts of 1732-1756 in FamilySearch, so baptism record sourced here is from Institut généalogique Drouin. Likewise, it appears to be missing 1769, so the marriage act is also sourced from Institut généalogique Drouin.

Sources

1. ↑ Institut généalogique Drouin, "Le LAFRANCE," database with images, Généalogie Québec Baptism IGD$ St-Vallier 1754-02-06 BOUCHARD, MARIE ANGELIQUE sex f. Father BOUCHARD, CHARLES Mother CORIVAUX, MARIE JOSEPHE; Acte #199016
2. ↑ "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch: 16 July 2014, Saint-Vallier > Saint-Vallier > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1713-1788 > image 151 of 626; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. Baptism Family Search
3. ↑ http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/la-corriveau/
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Josephte_Corriveau
5. ↑ https://www.canadapost.ca/shop/stamps/2015-stamps-by-collection/haunted-canada-2/p-262441.jsf;CPO_JSESSIONID=k9cgjs9xERLT2KYQks3OyJdz_Tv1hWfeS6EcDTE0I2zvxpjeG-AK!-36471497?execution=e1s1
6. ↑ https://www.canadianpostagestamps.ca/stamps/18610/marie-josephte-corriveau
7. ↑ "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch: 16 July 2014, Saint-Vallier > Saint-Vallier > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1713-1788 > image 421 of 626; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. Marriage Family Search
8. ↑ Institut généalogique Drouin, "Le LAFRANCE," database with images, Généalogie Québec marriage IGD$ Marriage St-Vallier 1769-10-16 QUEMLEUR, JEAN BAPTISTE and BOUCHARD, ANGELIQUE Father of the groom QUEMLEUR, JOSEPH Mother of the groom LACHANCES, ANGELIQUE Father of the bride BOUCHARD, CHARLES Mother of the bride CORRIVEAUX, MARIE JOSEPHE deceased
9. ↑ "Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979" Database with Images. Saint-Vallier > Saint-Vallier > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1788-1826 p.17 of 667 FamilySearch: accessed 22 Jan 2018. National Archives of Quebec, Montreal.
10. ↑ PRDH-IGD Famille #46193 PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Famille: 46193 Famille Jean Baptiste Kemner Laflamme and Marie Angelique Bouchard (paid subscription)
11. ↑ PRDH-IGD Individu #2256751 PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Individu: 2256751 PRDH Marie Josephe Kemner Laflamme (paid subscription)
12. ↑ " database with images, FamilySearch: 16 July 2014, Saint-Vallier > Saint-Vallier > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1713-1788 > image 260 of 626; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. Family Search organisational page for St-Vallier 1713-1788

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #157296371
• Institut généalogique Drouin, "Le LAFRANCE," database with images, Généalogie Québec Burial IGD$ St-Vallier 1789-03-31 Death : 1789-03-29 View the original document : BOUCHARD, MARIE ANGE age 031; Acte #382833.