Marie Josephe DAVID

(b. 1 October 1717 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1793 , Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) )

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Marie Josephe DAVID was born 1 October 1717 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Marie Josephe DAVID was the child of Joseph DAVID and Marie MOINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DAVID and Catherine LUSSIER (maternal) Michel MOINEAU and Marie-Rose JODOUIN

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Marie Josephe married François GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE 29 January 1739 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE was born 11 October 1700 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). François died 28 July 1780 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. François was the child of Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE and Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE.

Marie Josephe DAVID died 1 March 1793 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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