Michel LACROIX

(b. 5 March 1722 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1768 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Michel LACROIX was born 5 March 1722 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Michel LACROIX was the child of Andre LACROIX and Marie-Madeleine MARCHAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-David LACROIX and Marie-Barthélémie MAILLOUX (maternal) François MARCHAND and Madeleine GROLEAU

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Michel married Marie-Josephte GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 15 July 1748 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . Marie-Josephte GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born 27 April 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 22 March 1760 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne LEBRUN dite CARRIER.

Michel married (2) Marie DENIS dite LAPIERRE 30 October 1760 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada . Marie DENIS dite LAPIERRE was born 15 May 1739 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie died 30 January 1805 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre-Jacques DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Veronique MATHIEU.

Michel LACROIX died 1 May 1768 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Denis Marie
m. Larochelle Marie-Josephte

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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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Michel LACROIX married

Marie-Josephte GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE-- Date: 15 July 1748 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Children of Michel LACROIX and Marie-Josephte GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE:

Michel LACROIX married

Marie DENIS dite LAPIERRE-- Date: 30 October 1760 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
Marie DENIS dite LAPIERRE was the child of Pierre-Jacques DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Veronique MATHIEU

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1722 Birth
5 March 1722
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Michel LACROIX and Marie-Josephte GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 15 July 1748, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Michel LACROIX and Marie DENIS dite LAPIERRE 30 October 1760, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 38 years old.

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE died 22 March 1760, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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.