Marie-Josephe MAROIS

(b. 19 March 1739 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 16 April 1817 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe MAROIS was born 19 March 1739 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe MAROIS was the child of Prisque MAROIS and Marie-Angélique GARNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume MAROIS and Catherine LABERGE (maternal) Jacques GARNEAU and Angélique TRUDEL

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

Marie-Josephe married Pierre-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN) 23 June 1760 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN) was born 28 August 1730 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Augustin died 23 November 1795 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Augustin was the child of Louis QUENTIN and Helene GOULET.

Marie-Josephe MAROIS died 16 April 1817 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada.
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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-Josephe MAROIS married

Pierre-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN)-- Date: 23 June 1760 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada
Pierre-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN) was the child of Louis QUENTIN and Helene GOULET

Children of Pierre-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Josephe MAROIS:

Louis-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN) (b.12 April 1760, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada d. 26 October 1825, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne HENRY 5 July 1785 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1739 Birth
19 March 1739
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe MAROIS and Pierre-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN) 23 June 1760 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Louis-Augustin CANTIN (QUENTIN) was born 12 April 1760, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe was 21 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.

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.