Catherine BISSONNETTE

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12 May 1740 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

23 September 1767 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)Marie-Geneviève BINET

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Born: 12 May 1740 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Mother: Marie-Geneviève BINET

Paternal grandparents: Jean BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) , Marie-Charlotte DAVENNE

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas BINET , Geneviève BRISSON

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Catherine married Jean-Baptiste DEMERS 21 November 1763 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was born 7 August 1737 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Francois DEMERS and Marie-Suzanne HAREL.

Catherine BISSONNETTE died 23 September 1767 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Demers Jean-Baptiste

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Catherine BISSONNETTE married

Jean-Baptiste DEMERS
Marriage date: 21 November 1763
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste DEMERS was the child of Francois DEMERS and Marie-Suzanne HAREL

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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 — 1740
12 May 1740
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1763 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BISSONNETTE and Jean-Baptiste DEMERS 21 November 1763, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 23 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.