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Francois Provost 1637–1670 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 August 1637

Birth Location: Tourouve, Perche, France

Death Date: 6 April 1670

Death Location: Québec, Quebec, Canada

Father: Catherine Cornew

Mother: Marin Provost

Spouse(s): Marguerite Gaillard

Children(s): François-Michel Provost-Prévost

Francois Provost was born in 1637 in Tourouve, Perche, France, the child of Catherine Cornew And Marin Prevost Prevost Provost. Francois Provost married Marguerite Gaillard, and had children including Francois Michel Provost Prevost. Francois Provost passed away in 1670 in Québec, Quebec, Canada.

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Biography

  • Francois Provost was born in 1637 in Tourouve, Perche, France, the child of Catherine Cornew And Marin Prevost Prevost Provost.
  • Francois Provost married Marguerite Gaillard, and had children including Francois Michel Provost Prevost.
  • Francois Provost passed away in 1670 in Québec, Quebec, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Catherine Cornew
1612–1664
Birth Location: Mortagne, Chartres, Perche, France
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Marin Provost
1610–1664
Birth Location: (or 1610 or 1595 or abt 1608 or Abt 1600) St Aubin de Tourouvre, Mortagne, Chartres, Perche, France or Tourouvre, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
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Spouses(s)

Marguerite Gaillard
1637–1701
Birth Location: Notre Dame, Calais, Picardie, France
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Children(s)

François-Michel Provost-Prévost
1669–1711
Birth Location: Québec, Québec, Canada
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Francois Provost's Ancestors

Self
Francois Provost
1637–1670
Birth Place: Tourouve, Perche, France
Parents
Catherine Cornew
1612–1664
Mortagne, Chartres, Perche, France
Marin (Prévost \ Prevost \) Provost
1610–1664
(or 1610 or 1595 or abt 1608 or Abt 1600) St Aubin de Tourouvre, Mortagne, Chartres, Perche, France or Tourouvre, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Grandparents
Pierre Cornilleau
1575–
Perche, Mortagne, Tourouve, Orne, Normandie, France
Louise Penigaud
1585–1629
Hanc, Niort, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
Jean Prevost
1547–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Francois Provost's Descendants

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Francois Provost (27 August 1637–6 April 1670) m. Marguerite Gaillard (1637–1701)
  1. 1. François-Michel Provost-Prévost 1669–1711 m. Catherine Bonhomme 1677–1745
    1. 1. Noel (Provost) Prevost 1704–1752 m. Anne Han-Chaussé 1710–1742
      1. 1. Marie-Louise Provost 1732–1809 m. François Langlois 1720–1807
        1. 1. Marie (Therese Langlois) Lachapelle 1759–1784 m. Joseph (2iii) Poitras 1750–1831

Francois Provost's Timeline

2 Records

1637
27 August 1637
Birth of Francois Provost in Tourouve, Perche, France
Tourouve, Perche, France
1670
6 April 1670
Age 33
Death of Francois Provost in Québec, Quebec, Canada
Québec, Quebec, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 August 1637
    Event Place: Tourouve, Perche, France
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 April 1670
    Event Place: Québec, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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