Marie-Anne MOREAU

(b. 23 February 1739 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1783 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne MOREAU was born 23 February 1739 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne MOREAU was the child of Pierre-Joseph MOREAU and Dorothée MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Marie-Anne RODRIGUE (maternal) Pierre MICHAUD and Madeleine CADIEUX

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Marie-Anne married Joseph PARADIS 9 November 1756 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Joseph PARADIS was born 15 December 1734 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph died 19 January 1782 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Marie-Francoise HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Marie-Anne MOREAU died 13 February 1783 in Kamouraska, 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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Marie-Anne MOREAU married

Joseph PARADIS-- Date: 9 November 1756 Place: Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Joseph PARADIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Marie-Francoise HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Children of Joseph PARADIS and Marie-Anne MOREAU:

Euphrosine PARADIS (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 October 1836, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. André-Joseph BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE 5 July 1779 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste PARADIS (b.20 August 1764, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 December 1819, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Josette DAMPHOUSSE 25 September 1786 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie Rosalie (Rose) PARADIS (b.abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE 4 July 1791 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1739 Birth
23 February 1739
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne MOREAU and Joseph PARADIS 9 November 1756, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 17 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PARADIS was born 20 August 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Anne was 25 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Euphrosine PARADIS married 5 July 1779, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to André-Joseph BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE