Catherine BOISSEL

(b. 26 August 1734 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 4 September 1774 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Catherine BOISSEL was born 26 August 1734 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Catherine BOISSEL was the child of Charles BOISSEL and Thérèse DAUDELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles BOISSEL and Angélique-Marguerite SALOIS (maternal) René DAUDELIN and Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE)

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Catherine married Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR 27 July 1750 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR was born 17 April 1725 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph-Marie died 24 December 1801 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Marie was the child of Jacques-Philippe VETU dit BELAIRE and Marie-Anne LAROCHE.

Catherine BOISSEL died 4 September 1774 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Vetu Joseph-Marie

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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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Catherine BOISSEL married

Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR-- Date: 27 July 1750 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR was the child of Jacques-Philippe VETU dit BELAIRE and Marie-Anne LAROCHE

Children of Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR and Catherine BOISSEL:

Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR (b.19 July 1754, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1815, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Françoise LARRIVEE 27 October 1777 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jacques VETU dit BELAIR (b.25 August 1756, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 9 August 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Geneviève CASAVANT 7 April 1777 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Angelique VETU dite BELAIR (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE 18 March 1783 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1734 Birth
26 August 1734
Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

1750 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BOISSEL and Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR 27 July 1750, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 15 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR was born 19 July 1754, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Catherine was 19 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jacques VETU dit BELAIR was born 25 August 1756, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Catherine was 22 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.