Marie Anne SOLET

Born

27 April 1739 , Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie

Died

6 March 1808 , Terrebonne, Lower Canada

Marie Anne married Prisque LEGRIS 5 June 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Prisque LEGRIS was born 9 May 1735 in Québec, Canada, New France . Prisque died 7 January 1804 in Laval, Lower Canada . Prisque was the child of Claude LEGRIS and Josephte MARTIN dite JOLICOEUR .

Parents & Family of Marie Anne SOLET

Parents of Marie Anne SOLET

Father

Jean SOLET

Mother

Marie Anne LEMANQUET

Grandparents of Marie Anne SOLET

Paternal grandparents

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie Anne SOLET

Marie Anne SOLET married

Prisque LEGRIS
Marriage date: 5 June 1756
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Prisque LEGRIS was the child of Claude LEGRIS and Josephte MARTIN dite JOLICOEUR

Children of Prisque LEGRIS and Marie Anne SOLET

Marie-Louise-Anne LEGRIS

Born: 18 January 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Died: 18 May 1819, Rigaud, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre-Alexandre JUSSIAUME 3 September 1780 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre LEGRIS

Born: 3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 18 May 1820, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite VAUDRY 16 October 1797 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1739
27 April 1739
Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie Anne SOLET and Prisque LEGRIS 5 June 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 17 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Anne LEGRIS was born 18 January 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie Anne was 21 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Pierre LEGRIS was born 3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise-Anne LEGRIS married 3 September 1780, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada to Pierre-Alexandre JUSSIAUME

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEGRIS married 16 October 1797, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada to Marguerite VAUDRY

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