Marie-Marguerite GUENETTE

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2 June 1732 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

27 July 1803 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Jacques-Francois GUENETTE Marie-Louise BOIVIN

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Born: 2 June 1732 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques-Francois GUENETTE

Mother: Marie-Louise BOIVIN

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GUENETTE , Marguerite BOUTIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François BOIVIN , Angélique JOBIN

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Marie-Marguerite married François-Lucien POITRAS 2 May 1748 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François-Lucien POITRAS was born 12 October 1711 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). François-Lucien died 4 November 1790 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). François-Lucien was the child of Joseph-Lucien POITRAS and Geneviève MOISAN.

Marie-Marguerite GUENETTE died 27 July 1803 in L'Assomption, 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-Marguerite GUENETTE married

François-Lucien POITRAS
Marriage date: 2 May 1748
Marriage place: Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
François-Lucien POITRAS was the child of Joseph-Lucien POITRAS and Geneviève MOISAN

Children of François-Lucien POITRAS and Marie-Marguerite GUENETTE

Joseph-Lucien POITRAS

Born: 7 December 1750, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 24 June 1831, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

Married: Therese LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE 22 June 1778 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marguerite POITRAS

Born: 24 August 1752, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 9 April 1789, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste RATEL (RATELLE) 27 November 1770 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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Birth — 1732
2 June 1732
Québec, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite GUENETTE and François-Lucien POITRAS 2 May 1748, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

She was 15 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Joseph-Lucien POITRAS was born 7 December 1750, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie-Marguerite was 18 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marguerite POITRAS was born 24 August 1752, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie-Marguerite was 20 years old.

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

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Marguerite POITRAS married 27 November 1770 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Jean-Baptiste RATEL (RATELLE)

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Lucien POITRAS married 22 June 1778, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Therese LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Death of Child
Marguerite POITRAS died 9 April 1789, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marie-Marguerite was 56 years old.

1790 Death of Spouse/Partner
François-Lucien POITRAS died 4 November 1790, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

Death — 1803
27 July 1803
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 71.

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