Marguerite MORIN

(b. abt. 1725 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 March 1777 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite MORIN was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite MORIN was the child of Pierre-Noel MORIN and Thérèse PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Noel MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marguerite ROUSSEAU (maternal) René PELLETIER and Marie-Madeleine LECLERC

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Marguerite married Pierre BLAIS 18 February 1748 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Pierre BLAIS was born 14 October 1721 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Pierre died 11 July 1793 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre BLAIS and Elisabeth BILODEAU.

Marguerite MORIN died 14 March 1777 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Marguerite MORIN married

Pierre BLAIS-- Date: 18 February 1748 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Pierre BLAIS was the child of Pierre BLAIS and Elisabeth BILODEAU

Children of Pierre BLAIS and Marguerite MORIN:

Pierre-Noel BLAIS (b.25 April 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1806, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada )

Marguerite BLAIS (b.19 June 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 1 November 1825, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

Joseph BLAIS (b.9 April 1753, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1808, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique ROUTHIER 10 October 1774 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie-Louise BLAIS (b.18 June 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1831, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

Alexis BLAIS (b.15 January 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada d. 11 December 1821, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

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1748 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MORIN and Pierre BLAIS 18 February 1748, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1749 Birth of Child
Pierre-Noel BLAIS was born 25 April 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1751 Birth of Child
Marguerite BLAIS was born 19 June 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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

1753 Birth of Child
Joseph BLAIS was born 9 April 1753, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BLAIS was born 18 June 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1761 Birth of Child
Alexis BLAIS was born 15 January 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Joseph BLAIS married 10 October 1774, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) to Angelique ROUTHIER

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.