Marie-Marguerite PARENT

(b. 15 April 1721 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1785 , Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite PARENT was born 15 April 1721 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite PARENT was the child of André PARENT and Marie-Marguerite PEPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre PARENT and Marguerite COTE (maternal) Jean PEPIN and Marguerite MOREAU

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

Marie-Marguerite married Charles BRANCONNIER 10 September 1742 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles BRANCONNIER was born 20 May 1706 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Charles died 22 January 1786 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Charles was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRANCONNIER and Françoise CHAPELAIN.

Marie-Marguerite PARENT died 2 April 1785 in Mascouche, Province of Québec, 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-Marguerite PARENT married

Charles BRANCONNIER-- Date: 10 September 1742 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Charles BRANCONNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRANCONNIER and Françoise CHAPELAIN

Children of Charles BRANCONNIER and Marie-Marguerite PARENT:

Michel-Amable BRANCONNIER (b.24 December 1756, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1828, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe DUPUIS 24 April 1780 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Marie-Madeleine GUILBAULT 22 November 1785 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1721 Birth
15 April 1721
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite PARENT and Charles BRANCONNIER 10 September 1742, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 21 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Michel-Amable BRANCONNIER was born 24 December 1756, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite was 35 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Michel-Amable BRANCONNIER married 24 April 1780, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Josephe DUPUIS

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)