Thomas ROCHEREAU

Born

3 March 1730 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

20 April 1810 , Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

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Born: 3 March 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Parents of Thomas ROCHEREAU

Father

Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU

Mother

Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY

Grandparents of Thomas ROCHEREAU

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Maternal grandparents

Maurice DERY (D'HERY) Madeleine PHILIPPEAU

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Thomas married Marie-Geneviève PARENT 21 August 1758 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Geneviève PARENT was born 28 August 1740 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Geneviève died 25 June 1805 in Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada . Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jacques PARENT and Marie-Geneviève LAVALLEE (VALLEE).

Thomas ROCHEREAU died 20 April 1810 in Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada .

m. Parent Marie-Genevieve

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Thomas ROCHEREAU married

Marie-Geneviève PARENT
Marriage date: 21 August 1758
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Geneviève PARENT was the child of Jacques PARENT and Marie-Geneviève LAVALLEE (VALLEE)

Children of Thomas ROCHEREAU and Marie-Geneviève PARENT

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1730
3 March 1730
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Thomas ROCHEREAU and Marie-Geneviève PARENT 21 August 1758, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 28 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.