Pierre PELLETIER

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30 July 1755 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Died

3 February 1806 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Guillaume PELLETIER Françoise JEAN

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Born: 30 July 1755 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Father: Guillaume PELLETIER

Mother: Françoise JEAN

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume PELLETIER , Marie-Louise PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre JEAN , Anne-Madeleine PRINCEAU (PRINSEAU)

Pierre had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Pierre married Madeleine LEVESQUE 10 February 1777 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine LEVESQUE was born 13 March 1757 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Madeleine died 17 December 1811 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE and Madeleine BERUBE.

Pierre PELLETIER died 3 February 1806 in La Pocatière, 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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Pierre PELLETIER married

Madeleine LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 10 February 1777
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine LEVESQUE was the child of Pierre-Bernard LEVESQUE and Madeleine BERUBE

Children of Pierre PELLETIER and Madeleine LEVESQUE

Joseph PELLETIER

Born: 18 April 1787, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 19 March 1819, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Angélique PELLETIER 10 November 1806 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1755
30 July 1755
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PELLETIER and Madeleine LEVESQUE 10 February 1777, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 21 years old.