Marie-Josephe LETARTRE (LETARTE)

(b. 10 November 1734 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1801 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe LETARTRE (LETARTE) was born 10 November 1734 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe LETARTRE (LETARTE) was the child of René LETARTRE (LETARTE) and Louise-Angélique GIROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) René LETARTRE (LETARTE) and Marie-Anne GARNEAU (maternal) Louis GIROUX and Marie-Angélique GARNIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Josephe married Denis CANTIN (QUENTIN) 10 January 1752 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Denis CANTIN (QUENTIN) was born 11 March 1725 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Denis died 23 July 1811 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Denis was the child of Louis QUENTIN and Helene GOULET.

Marie-Josephe LETARTRE (LETARTE) died 6 January 1801 in Lanoraie, 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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Marie-Josephe LETARTRE (LETARTE) married

Denis CANTIN (QUENTIN)-- Date: 10 January 1752 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Denis CANTIN (QUENTIN) was the child of Louis QUENTIN and Helene GOULET

Children of Denis CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Josephe LETARTRE (LETARTE):

Jean-Baptiste CANTIN (b.25 October 1762, Saint-Sulpice, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) 24 September 1792 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
10 November 1734
Québec, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe LETARTRE (LETARTE) and Denis CANTIN (QUENTIN) 10 January 1752 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CANTIN was born 25 October 1762, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe was 27 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.

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.