Pierre-Simon MERCIER

(b. 6 May 1726 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1767 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Simon MERCIER was born 6 May 1726 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Pierre-Simon MERCIER was the child of Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marie-Renee PINEAU (PINEAULT) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Michel PINEAU (PINEAULT) dit LAPERLE and Simone-Anne BEAUDET

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Pierre-Simon married Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS 6 February 1747 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS was born 8 July 1724 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marguerite died 10 September 1775 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marguerite was the child of Louis GUILLET and Marguerite TETREAU (TETREAULT).

Pierre-Simon MERCIER died 29 March 1767 in Montréal, 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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Pierre-Simon MERCIER married

Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS-- Date: 6 February 1747 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS was the child of Louis GUILLET and Marguerite TETREAU (TETREAULT)

Children of Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS:

Marie-Marguerite MERCIER (b.2 January 1748, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph MORISSET 1 July 1771 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph MERCIER (b.12 April 1760, Verchères, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite FORTIN 11 February 1782 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Angelique MERCIER (b.19 June 1762, Verchères, Canada d. , )
m. Guillaume FORTIER 25 November 1782 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER (b.3 February 1764, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 December 1861, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Jacques-Blaise BACHAND 25 October 1779 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie MERCIER dite MARCIL (b.24 August 1766, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1848, St-Polycarpe, Canada)

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1726 Birth
6 May 1726
Verchères, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS 6 February 1747 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 20 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite MERCIER was born 2 January 1748, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre-Simon was 21 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Joseph MERCIER was born 12 April 1760, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre-Simon was 33 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Angelique MERCIER was born 19 June 1762, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre-Simon was 36 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER was born 3 February 1764, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre-Simon was 37 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie MERCIER dite MARCIL was born 24 August 1766, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre-Simon was 40 years old.