CHATEL, Thomine

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Thomine's first husband died shortly after they were married, when she was pregnant with her second child. S quickly remarried as was necessary and expected in those days. Her second husband abandoned her by 1638, leaving her alone to care for her young daughter and son. As she was still technically married, she was unable to remarry and in May 1642 she requested and was given permission from governemnt authorities to sell the belonging she jointly ownder with her husband, as she needed the money. She received only 12 livres, an amount that illustrates her poverty.

In 1646, she was recruited by Noel Juchareau, a recruiter for New France. He had been a witness at her second marriage, so he was someone Thomine knew. On March 16, 1646 she arranged to rent her farm to Giles Chastel and did something almost no woman woudl do at that time, boarding a ship with her two teenaged children, bound for New France. It is believed that they sailed on the La Marguerite that arrived in Quebec on August 6, 1647.

Her daughter Francoise married soon after arriving in Quebec, and Thomine mostly likely lived with her. In 1656, she was one of several who received the Scapular of Mont-Carmel, and she was confirmed at Notre-Dame-de-Quebec on August 10, 1659. The last record of her was living in her daughter's household during the 1667 census.

Story found on the website Ancestor Biographies: http://ancestorbios.blogspot.com/2020/02/abandoned-by-husband-in-france-thomine.html

Thomine married BIGOT, Jean on 13 Jun 1630 in Eglise Sainte-Madeleine, La Ventrouze, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France. Jean (son of Living and Living) died before 3 Feb 1632. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BIGOT, Francoise was born on 7 May 1631 in Eglise Sainte-Madeleine, La Ventrouze, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 8 Aug 1706 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada.

Thomine married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]