05 Jul 1770 baptismal record of St. Nicolaas Catholic church in Maastricht for "Maria Catharina", daughter of "Egidu Gerardi" and "Margarita Sijbille Vaes", who were married in this parish in 1754.

1835 marriage record of son Charles says she is living as a pensioner in Givet, France.

Full name of Maria Catharina, but went by Catharina, according to son's marriage record.

Charles Joseph De France's death record in Givet gave wife's name as Marie Catherine Gerardu.

28 Jun 1838 death record in Givet recorded the death of the "lady Marie Catherine Gerardi, pensioner of the state, baptized in Maestricht, department of the lower Meuse, currently Netherlands, July 5, 1770, daughter of the deceased Eloi Gerardi and of Marguerite Sybille Vaes; wife of Charles Joseph Defrance, retired corporal".

• Married: 10 Jul 1796 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
• Note:

  St. Nicolaas Catholic church marriage record: 10 Jul 1796: Carolus Josephus de France ... baptus en par: St. Petri in ... Auzerre, en Maria Catharina Gerardu ... testibus Francisco ____ _____ en Maria Servaes.
  
  There is a large gap in the births of their children (1798 - 1808). Unless Charles Joseph was a prisoner somewhere, it's unlikely that there were no children born during this time.
  
  A very help Dutch correspondent, Jan A. de Keijzer in Maastricht, whose wife is a Gerardu descendant (and thus a distant cousin) wrote this about the military hospital in Maastricht:
  
  "On Tafelstraat (read Tablestreet) there is a Militair Hospital all many years before Napoleon with his armee was here. It was all a hospital during the 80 years war from 1568 to 1648 from the Spanish Duke of Alva a Catholic man again the Lutheran monarch of Holland named Willem van Oranje the ancestor of our Queen. Before this time it had been built as a nunshouse for nuns from Belgium. They came to Maastricht to help with people sick with cholera and typhus. I found a letter in a book in the archive and it's sure that this building was used for the soldiers of Napoleon and that the wives of his soldiers went to this place for the birth of the children."
  
  So maybe the births of the soldiers' children born in that hospital were not recorded in the civil records... Or maybe he was stationed in Givet during that time...

1. Marie Sibille De France b: 30 Sep 1797 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
2. Anne Gertrude De France b: 22 Jul 1808 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
3. Jean Charles De France b: 01 Apr 1810 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
4. Marie Christine De France b: 17 Feb 1812 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
5. Marie Anne De France b: 19 Apr 1814 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
6. Maria Lucia De France b: 13 Nov 1815 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.
7. Maria Catharina De France b: 11 Aug 1817 in Maastricht, Limburg, Neth.