Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS

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9 September 1722 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

19 November 1788 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Charles DEVIS Jeanne SAVARY (SAVARIA)

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Born: 9 September 1722 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Charles DEVIS

Mother: Jeanne SAVARY (SAVARIA)

Maternal grandparents: François SAVARIA , Catherine PLUCHON

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Marguerite-Josephe married Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) 8 November 1745 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) was born 18 January 1723 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Joseph died 10 July 1787 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph was the child of François LARRIVÉE and Madeleine LAISNE (LAINÉ).

Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS died 19 November 1788 in Québec, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS married

Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE)
Marriage date: 8 November 1745
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) was the child of François LARRIVÉE and Madeleine LAISNE (LAINÉ)

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Marie LARRIVÉE

Born: 4 April 1764, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 19 April 1837, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph DEGUIRE dit LAROSE 7 January 1783 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1722
9 September 1722
Québec, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS and Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) 8 November 1745, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 23 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie LARRIVÉE was born 4 April 1764, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite-Josephe was 41 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.