Marie-Madeleine BROUSSEAU

(b. 4 April 1728 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 27 January 1808 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* )

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Marie-Madeleine BROUSSEAU was born 4 April 1728 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine BROUSSEAU was the child of Jean-Louis BROUSSEAU and Felicite PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BROUSSEAU and Anne GRESLON (maternal) Jean PROULX and Catherine PINEL

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Marie-Madeleine married Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) 15 February 1752 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) was born 17 October 1720 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Louis died 17 February 1802 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Louis was the child of Louis QUENTIN and Helene GOULET.

Marie-Madeleine BROUSSEAU died 27 January 1808 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, 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-Madeleine BROUSSEAU married

Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN)-- Date: 15 February 1752 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) was the child of Louis QUENTIN and Helene GOULET

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1728 Birth
4 April 1728
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine BROUSSEAU and Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) 15 February 1752, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1802 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) died 17 February 1802, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1808 Death
27 January 1808
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

She died at the age of 79.

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