Marguerite BLAIS

Born

30 October 1738 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

23 December 1798 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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Louis-Charles BLAIS Marguerite CADIEUX

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Born: 30 October 1738 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Louis-Charles BLAIS

Mother: Marguerite CADIEUX

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) , Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CADIEUX , Jeanne MARSAN dite LAPIERRE

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Marguerite married Joseph-Amable ROULEAU 12 October 1761 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada . Joseph-Amable ROULEAU was born 20 March 1741 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . Joseph-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROULEAU and Françoise RAPIDEUX.

Marguerite BLAIS died 23 December 1798 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada.

m. Rouleau Joseph-Amable

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Marguerite BLAIS married

Joseph-Amable ROULEAU
Marriage date: 12 October 1761
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada
Joseph-Amable ROULEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROULEAU and Françoise RAPIDEUX

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1738
30 October 1738
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BLAIS and Joseph-Amable ROULEAU 12 October 1761, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

She was 22 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.