Marguerite DESROSIERS

Born

8 October 1744 , Louiseville, Canada, New France

Died

1 April 1803 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS Marie-Anne LESAGE

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Born: 8 October 1744 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS

Mother: Marie-Anne LESAGE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DESROSIERS , Marguerite-Marie AUBUCHON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LESAGE , Marie-Josephe GERLAISE

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Marguerite married Pierre-Julien LEFEBVRE 17 February 1765 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre-Julien LEFEBVRE was born 27 May 1738 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . Pierre-Julien died 8 February 1817 in Batiscan, Lower Canada . Pierre-Julien was the child of Julien LEFEBVRE and Jeanne-Suzanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT).

Marguerite DESROSIERS died 1 April 1803 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .

m. Lefebvre Pierre-Julien

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Marguerite DESROSIERS married

Pierre-Julien LEFEBVRE
Marriage date: 17 February 1765
Marriage place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Julien LEFEBVRE was the child of Julien LEFEBVRE and Jeanne-Suzanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

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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 — 1744
8 October 1744
Louiseville, 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
Marguerite DESROSIERS and Pierre-Julien LEFEBVRE 17 February 1765, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

She was 20 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.