Ignace VAILLANCOURT

Born

July 7, 1729 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

January 25, 1806 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Age: 76

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Robert VAILLANCOURT Marie-Simone LAMY

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Born: July 7, 1729 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Father: Robert VAILLANCOURT

Mother: Marie-Simone LAMY

Paternal grandparents: Robert VAILLANCOURT , Marie-Françoise-Madeleine GOBEIL

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LAMY , Renee SOUARD MONTMINY

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Ignace married Marie-Clothide PELLETIER 26 April 1752 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Clothide PELLETIER was born 11 March 1719 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Clothide died 28 June 1785 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Clothide was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Angélique-Marguerite OUELLET.

Ignace VAILLANCOURT died January 25, 1806 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada.
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Marie-Clothide PELLETIER
Marriage date: 26 April 1752
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France
Marie-Clothide PELLETIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Angélique-Marguerite OUELLET

Children of Ignace VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Clothide PELLETIER

Modeste VAILLANCOURT

Born: abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 May 1827, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Marie-Francoise VAILLANCOURT

Born: abt. 1754, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 June 1841, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

Radegonde VAILLANCOURT

Born: abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 May 1837, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Nicolas CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON 25 October 1779 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Ignace VAILLANCOURT

Born: April 29, 1761, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada
Died: October 25, 1845, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

Married: Marie-Elisabeth LEMIEUX July 17, 1781 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1729
July 7, 1729
L'Islet, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Ignace VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Clothide PELLETIER 26 April 1752 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Ignace VAILLANCOURT was born April 29, 1761, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 31 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Radegonde VAILLANCOURT married 25 October 1779, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Nicolas CONSIGNY dit SANSFACON

1781 Marriage of Child
Ignace VAILLANCOURT married July 17, 1781, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Elisabeth LEMIEUX

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)