Brigitte VEZINA

(b. 9 January 1724 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1793 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Brigitte VEZINA was born 9 January 1724 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Brigitte VEZINA was the child of Nicolas VÉZINA (VOISINAT) and Marguerite JOLIVET and the grandchild of: (paternal) François VÉZINA (VOISINAT) and Jeanne MARIER (maternal) Edmé-Aymé JOLIVET dit MITRON and Anne FISET

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Brigitte married Jean-Baptiste SOULARD 26 January 1750 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste SOULARD was born 21 September 1718 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 22 July 1807 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste SOULARD and Barbe GARNEAU.

Brigitte VEZINA died 17 July 1793 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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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Family and Children of Brigitte VEZINA

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Brigitte VEZINA married

Jean-Baptiste SOULARD-- Date: 26 January 1750 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste SOULARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste SOULARD and Barbe GARNEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste SOULARD and Brigitte VEZINA:

Jean-Baptiste SOULARD (b.22 February 1752, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1809, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise BELAND 20 October 1783 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Louis SOULARD (b.13 August 1769, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 June 1848, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East )
m. Therese BELAND 18 July 1796 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1724 Birth
9 January 1724
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte VEZINA and Jean-Baptiste SOULARD 26 January 1750, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste SOULARD was born 22 February 1752, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Brigitte was 28 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Louis SOULARD was born 13 August 1769, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Brigitte was 45 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste SOULARD married 20 October 1783 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Marie-Louise BELAND

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