Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS

Born

28 March 1745 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

1 September 1813 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada

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Paul DESJARDINS Marguerite BRAZEAU

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Born: 28 March 1745 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Paul DESJARDINS

Mother: Marguerite BRAZEAU

Paternal grandparents: Roch DESJARDINS , Marie BOULARD dite CAMBRAI

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel BRAZEAU , Angélique ANDEGRAVE

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Pierre-Paul married Felicite COTE 12 January 1767 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite COTE was born 12 July 1744 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Felicite died 31 December 1820 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville). Felicite was the child of Michel-Augustin COTE and Angelique CHENAY (CHAINE).

Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS died 1 September 1813 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada .

m. Cote Felicite

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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-Paul DESJARDINS married

Felicite COTE
Marriage date: 12 January 1767
Marriage place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Felicite COTE was the child of Michel-Augustin COTE and Angelique CHENAY (CHAINE)

Children of Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS and Felicite COTE

Pierre DESJARDINS

Born: 28 April 1769, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 September 1799, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite GRATTON 13 February 1792 Place: Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

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Birth — 1745
28 March 1745
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Paul DESJARDINS and Felicite COTE 12 January 1767, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 21 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Pierre DESJARDINS was born 28 April 1769, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Paul was 24 years old.

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.