Pierre TAILLEFER

Born

18 November 1721 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

7 May 1781 , Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre TAILLEFER Catherine GEOFFRION

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Born: 18 November 1721 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre TAILLEFER

Mother: Catherine GEOFFRION

Paternal grandparents: Pierre TAILLEFER , Jeanne HUNAULT

Maternal grandparents: Jean GEOFFRION (JOFFRION) , Catherine MILLOT dite LAVAL

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Pierre married Marguerite CHARTRAND 23 November 1744 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CHARTRAND was born 15 April 1720 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marguerite died 31 May 1798 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jean-Paul CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND) and Marguerite CORBEIL.

Pierre TAILLEFER died 7 May 1781 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Chartrand Marguerite

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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.

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Marguerite CHARTRAND
Marriage date: 23 November 1744
Marriage place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marguerite CHARTRAND was the child of Jean-Paul CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND) and Marguerite CORBEIL

Children of Pierre TAILLEFER and Marguerite CHARTRAND

Josephte TAILLEFER

Born: 14 November 1745, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 23 February 1810, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph ROBERT 11 July 1763 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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Birth — 1721
18 November 1721
Montréal, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Pierre TAILLEFER and Marguerite CHARTRAND 23 November 1744, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 23 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Josephte TAILLEFER was born 14 November 1745, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Pierre was 24 years old.

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

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Josephte TAILLEFER married 11 July 1763, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Joseph ROBERT

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.