Catherine Carpentier dite Lapierre

Catherine was born around 1600. She was a wife of Francois Hamel and may have been the mother of both Charles and Jean as well as their other children. At this time it isn't clear.

She may be Charles and Jean's mother because of records and other documentation. She died before her husband, Francois, married a woman named Marie Lozier in 1647. By then Charles himself was married and Jean was a young man.

Catherine died around June 25th, 1646 as per her death record in the town registers.

Sources:

Avremesnil registers, pg 47: http://recherche.archivesdepartementales76.net/?id=viewer&doc=accou...

This woman is the mother of Jean and Charles Hamel. Her identity at this time is unknown. For a long time people believed the mother was Anne Hayot. Recently that was proven to be false. Many sources do not know who the mother of the Hamel children are. The mother could be Marie Lozier or Carpentier.

We just do not know. It can't be Lozier as the children were all born when Marie Lozier married Francois. Logically, it could be Carpentier. At this time there is no proof of who the mother of Francois children is. Here's how it all adds up:

Charles born c. 1625 was the son of François Hamel and an unidentified mother who died sometime before 1647. In 1647 Charles marries Judith Auvray while his father marries Judith's mother, Marie Lozier. Judith must have been quite young as her mother went on to have several children with François Hamel.

We know that Judith died in 1654 (and we have the record), and that her husband, Charles, remarried in Dieppe before moving to Canada with his new wife, his son from his 1st marriage (Jean) and perhaps other young children.

Which means Charles's mother cannot be Anne Hayott. Anne was still alive when Charles's father married Marie Lozier in 1647! We'll never know as there are no surviving records.