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| Catherine Patou (1639-1675) |
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| Catherine Patou was about 1642, at Saint Germain de Compiegn, Beauvais, Reims, France; the daughter of Abel Patou and Marie Fosset. She arrived in the Quebec Colony as a Filles A Marier, contracted to be the bride of Etienne Morel. They were married January 09, 1663 in Quebec City. Etienne was born about 1632 in Neuville, Dieppe, Normandy, Quebec; the son of Vincent Morel and Marguerite Drans. At the time, Catherine was widowed from Vincent Dubois and had a young daughter Louise who took the name Morel. She married Guillaume Tardiff and the couple had two children. Catherine and Etienne had three children: Etienne, Thomas and Catherine but little is known of them. |
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