Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE

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23 April 1729 , Beaumont, Canada, New France

Died

4 February 1792 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

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Guillaume COUTURE Marie-Charlotte TURGEON

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Born: 23 April 1729 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Father: Guillaume COUTURE

Mother: Marie-Charlotte TURGEON

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume COUTURE , Marie-Madeleine COTE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques TURGEON , Marie JEAN dite VIENS

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Marie-Elisabeth married Francois-Jacques BOUCHER 17 June 1760 in Saint-Vallier, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Jacques BOUCHER was born 24 August 1736 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Francois-Jacques died 6 May 1797 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Francois-Jacques was the child of François BOUCHER dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne DEMERS.

Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE died 4 February 1792 in Saint-Vallier, 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-Elisabeth COUTURE married

Francois-Jacques BOUCHER
Marriage date: 17 June 1760
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Canada
Francois-Jacques BOUCHER was the child of François BOUCHER dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne DEMERS

Children of Francois-Jacques BOUCHER and Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE

François BOUCHER

Born: 5 December 1762, Saint-Vallier, Canada
Died: 15 December 1849, La Présentation, Canada East

Married: Angélique MARCAURELE dite LAFEUILLADE 31 July 1786 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1729
23 April 1729
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Elisabeth COUTURE and Francois-Jacques BOUCHER 17 June 1760, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 31 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
François BOUCHER was born 5 December 1762, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Elisabeth was 33 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.

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 of Child
François BOUCHER married 31 July 1786, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Angélique MARCAURELE dite LAFEUILLADE

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