Catherine PHOCAS

(b. 18 February 1756 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 20 March 1819 , Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )

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Catherine PHOCAS was born 18 February 1756 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Catherine PHOCAS was the child of Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Romain RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Thérèse ST-PIERRE (maternal) Augustin DUBE and Marie-Anne SOUCY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Catherine married Alexandre SOUCY 27 February 1786 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandre SOUCY was born 27 January 1761 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Alexandre died 9 October 1832 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Alexandre was the child of Joseph-Francois SOUCY and Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT.

Catherine PHOCAS died 20 March 1819 in Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada .

m. Soucy Alexandre

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Catherine PHOCAS married

Alexandre SOUCY-- Date: 27 February 1786 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexandre SOUCY was the child of Joseph-Francois SOUCY and Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT

Children of Alexandre SOUCY and Catherine PHOCAS:

Alexandre SOUCY (b.25 April 1788, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite LAVOIE 19 February 1810 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1756 Birth
18 February 1756
Kamouraska, 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Catherine PHOCAS and Alexandre SOUCY 27 February 1786, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 30 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Alexandre SOUCY was born 25 April 1788, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Catherine was 32 years old.

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)

1810 Marriage of Child
Alexandre SOUCY married 19 February 1810, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Marguerite LAVOIE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.