Genealogy typically is a work-in-progress, so discoveries made during my Salt Lake City research trip mean that transcriptions need to be done.
Before we find out the reason why Adam Bangle ended up in Terrebonne, let me first introduce to you the initial subjects of my research, Marie Tourville and William Bangle.
My goal is to identify all of Mathieu Hubou’s descendants who went by the name of Tourville (women included of course). Now and then though I come across a few people whose filiation is not corroborated by a marriage act; Marie and William are a case in point.
At first, I had only located a few baptismal records in the Saint-Louis-de-France Parish in Terrebonne. Thanks to the PRDH at the time, I was able to discover that there were other children baptized in nearby parishes. All those records dated after 1800 were found through parish repertoires. A few years ago, I was able to confirm and catch other baptismal records with the help of one of my favorite Websites, Généalogie Québec.
If some of your ancestors are French-Canadian, this Website is a must. What I appreciate the most about it is that all baptismal, marriage and burial acts are indexed through 1850. And when I say indexed, I mean properly indexed. They have started working on the 1850-1860 era so depending on the parish you are interested in, you may spot later records for your ancestors. The very best thing about Généalogie Québec though is that it allows you to do your research by using the name of the parents and thereby obtain a list of all their children. The surnames were misspelled? No problem. Just play with the dates and search only with the first name of one the parents. In our case, as William was also called Guillaume, I therefore searched both instances.
Here is the transcription and translation of the acts regarding William and Marie’s 12 children. Please note that the burials have been indicated only when the children died at a young age. All the marriage and burial records of the children have been deliberately omitted as each of them will be featured in later posts.
| Name | Act | Place | Type of Act |
|---|---|---|---|
| William | On July 5, 1795 by we priest has been baptized guillaume born today from the legitimate marriage of william pinguel and marie hubou the godfather has been noël roussil and the godmother antoinette leguerrier who have signed | Terrebonne (St-Louis-de-France) | Baptismal |
| André | On February 28, 1797 by we priest has been baptized andré born yesterday from the marriage of william pinguel and marie hubou maistre meunier the godfather has been joseph ? and the godmother angelique ?? widow of [Mr.?] oldham who has signed | Terrebonne (St-Louis-de-France) | Baptismal |
| Marie-Madeleine | On September 29, 1798 by we priest has been baptized marie magdeleine born yesterday from the legitimate marriage of guillaume pinguel day laborer and marie huboux the godfather has been pierre racine marchand and the godmother magdeleine derome who have signed | Terrebonne (St-Louis-de-France) | Baptismal |
| Pierre | On August 8, 1800, by we undersigned priest has been baptized pierre born yesterday morning from the legitimate marriage of William Bingle ploughman from this parish and marie Tourville, the godfather has been Jean Baptiste Vadendaigue, the godmother marie charlotte Tourville who have declared, as well as the father who also attended, being unable to sign | Isle Jésus (St-Vincent-de-Paul) | Baptismal |
| Charles | On July 24, 1802 by we undersigned priest has been baptized charles born yesterday from the legitimate marriage of William Bingle day laborer from this parish & Marie hubou dite Tourreville. The gofather has been charles hubou dit Tourreville & the godmother Elizabeth Lord Lamoureux who has signed, the father & the godfather both declared being unable to sign | Terrebonne (St-Louis-de-France) | Baptismal |
| Joseph-Hippolyte | On September 22, 1806 by we undersigned priest has conditionally been Baptized joseph hyppolite born this day from the legitimate Marriage of William Bengle day laborer from this parish and Marie Hubou dite Tourville her father and mother from this parish the godfather has been hyppolite viger the godmother périne Angelique Lemer st-germain spouse of joseph Legris, who have signed with us, the father has declared being unable to sign two valid spaced words | Terrebonne (St-Louis-de-France) | Baptismal |
| Marie-Louise (later known as Élisabeth) | On December 26, 1808 par we undersigned priest has been baptized marie Louise born last July 22 youngest daughter of William Benngle farmer residing at carillon and marie Louise huboux dite tourville his legitimate spouse, godfather jean baptiste Roy godmother marie amable charpentier who have declared being unable to sign as well as the mother who attended and the father who did not | Mascouche (Saint-Henri) | Baptismal |
| Reine | On July 25, 1810 by we undersigned priest of this parish has been baptized Reine born yesterday from the legitimate marriage of Guillaume Bingue day laborer and Marie huboux his spouse the godfather has been henri Duprat and the godmother Marie Archange charpentier who have declared being unable to sign | Mascouche (Saint-Henri) | Baptismal |
| Félix | On June 14, 1812 by we undersigned priest of this parish has been baptized félix born yesterday from the legitimate marriage of Guillaume Bingle day laborer and Marie Tourville his spouse the godfather has been joseph chalifoux and the godmother Marie Pauzé who have declared being unable to sign. the father did not attend | Mascouche (Saint-Henri) | Baptismal |
| François | Today September 22, 1813, I undersigned priest baptized françois born yesterday from the legitimate marriage of William Bingle day laborer and Marie Tourville, from this parish, the godfather has been Joseph Brazeau and the godmother Charlotte Gaudry who have been unable to sign | Montréal (Notre-Dame) | Baptismal |
| Pierre | On June 16, 1814 by me undersigned priest has been buried the corpse of pierre Bing son of william Bing and marie Tourville following his death by drowning last Sunday after the visit of the jacques deligny écuier, militia lieutenant, as per the attached deed, he was 13 years old were attending his brother André Bing and guillaume rouleau who are unable to write ~ Note Sunday = June 12 | Berthierville (Sainte-Geneviève) | Burial |
| Jean | On March 9, 1815, by me undersigned priest has been buried the corpse of jean Bing son of guillaume Bing and marie Boust deceased two days ago, at the age of eighteen months. were present guillaume and timothé rouleau who are unable to write | Berthierville (Sainte-Geneviève) | Burial |
| Catherine | On October 12, 1815 by I undersigned priest has been baptized Catherine born yesterday frrom the legitimate marriage of guillaume Bingel day laborer in this parish and marie hubou dite Tourville The godfother Jean baptiste LeClair has signed the godmother marie Louise gilbert-heynnemand has declared being unable to sign as well as the father | Berthier-en-Haut | Baptismal |
| Angèle | On December 20, 1817, I undersigned priest have baptized angel born this day from the marriage of jacques Bingues and marie tourville. The godfather has been jean baptiste houle and the godmother angel perrault who were unable to sign | Ste-Élisabeth-de-Joliette | Baptismal |
What a nice timeline we now get of that couple! Thanks to just of few acts, we may now determine where they lived during the course of more than 20 years.
I was very lucky to find Adam Bangle’s will considering neither of Bangle family members are godparents of any of the children. Afterwards, I was able to identify the parents of William but I still have to establish who the parents of Marie Hubou-Tourville are.
Marie died in 1853 at age 74. There is one person in my tree whose family was living in Terrebonne who fits her “description”: Marie-Louise, who was baptized on October 7, 1778, daughter of Charles Tourville and Marguerite Dufour. I already note familiar names in Marie’s children’s godparents: brother Charles Hubou, sister-in-law Marie-Amable Charpentier and sister Charlotte. Henri Duprat and Marie Pauzé are the spouses of Marie’s niece and nephew. Have you noticed that Noël Roussil, who is a godfather to first-born William, was the witness on Adam’s will?
Thanks to this new information, we now have this tree:
In two weeks, I will present to you Catherine Bangle and Jacob Schmidt’s family.
For related posts about The Bangle Files, please refer to the Introduction Page