Ancestry of
Melissa Benoist

TV Actress

Louise Martineau

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Melissa Benoist — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 65 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Dec 1808 
  • Birth Location:
  • Canada 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Apr 1881 
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Ferdinand Cemetery, Hazelwood, St. Louis, Missouri 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Toussaint Benoit
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Jul 1839 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Charles County, Missouri 
  • Children:
  
  

  Caroline Benoist

  Michael Benoist (Ahnentafel No:32 )

  • Notes: 

  • Louise Martineau is said to be the daughter of Joseph Martineau and Archangel Cardinal. Evidence is needed to support this claim.

    Louise Martineau's surname on her tombstone is given as Marechal. She is said to have married third Francois Noel Marechal.

• Sources for Louise Martineau

  • ¹ Federal Census, MO, St. Louis County, 1850, District 82, Image 133 of 311.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/09/2018).
  • ³ Missouri, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850, Marriage record for Toussaint Benoit and Louise Martineau.
  • ⁴ U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, Marriage of Auguste Aubuchon and Caroline Benoit, gives bride's mother as Louise Martineau.
  • ⁵ U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954, Baptism record for daughter Caroline Benoit.
  • ⁶ Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1973, Death certificate for daughter Caroline Aubuchon, gives mother as Louise Cardinal.

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