Marguerite DESPONTS

Born

18 December 1750 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Died

27 June 1817 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

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Jean DESPONTS Madeleine GUIGNARD

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Marguerite DESPONTS was born 18 December 1750 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Marguerite DESPONTS was the child of Jean DESPONTS and Madeleine GUIGNARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Noel GUIGNARD and Marie-Anne MERCIER

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Marguerite married Alexandre ROY 8 July 1783 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandre ROY was born 8 March 1740 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Alexandre died 24 October 1829 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Alexandre was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Madeleine BOURGET.

Marguerite DESPONTS died 27 June 1817 in Saint-Vallier, 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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Marguerite DESPONTS married

Alexandre ROY-- Date: 8 July 1783 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexandre ROY was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Marie-Madeleine BOURGET

Children of Alexandre ROY and Marguerite DESPONTS

Euphronsine ROY (b.26 June 1784, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Francois CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ 12 January 1818 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1750 Birth
18 December 1750
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DESPONTS and Alexandre ROY 8 July 1783, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Euphronsine ROY was born 26 June 1784, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marguerite was 33 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)