Marie-Catherine PARADIS

(b. 5 September 1745 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 9 April 1781 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Catherine PARADIS was born 5 September 1745 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine PARADIS was the child of François PARADIS and Marie-Anne TARDIF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume PARADIS and Catherine-Marguerite HUDON dite BEAULIEU (maternal) Charles TARDIF and Geneviève ROY dite DESJARDINS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Catherine married Toussaint PELLETIER 18 February 1765 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Toussaint PELLETIER was born 20 May 1740 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Toussaint died 6 March 1812 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Toussaint was the child of Guillaume PELLETIER and Françoise JEAN.

Marie-Catherine PARADIS died 9 April 1781 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Pelletier Toussaint

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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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Marie-Catherine PARADIS married

Toussaint PELLETIER-- Date: 18 February 1765 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Toussaint PELLETIER was the child of Guillaume PELLETIER and Françoise JEAN

Children of Toussaint PELLETIER and Marie-Catherine PARADIS:

Joseph-Antoine PELLETIER (b.16 November 1768, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 June 1830, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Judith DIONNE 11 October 1790 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1745 Birth
5 September 1745
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine PARADIS and Toussaint PELLETIER 18 February 1765, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 19 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Joseph-Antoine PELLETIER was born 16 November 1768, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Catherine was 23 years old.

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.