Mathurin MORISSET

(b. 20 January 1726 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1799 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Mathurin MORISSET was born 20 January 1726 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Mathurin MORISSET was the child of Mathurin MORISSET and Marie-Anne TELLIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin MORISSET and Elisabeth COQUIN dite LATOURELLE (maternal) François TELLIER and Anne PAGÉ

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

Mathurin married Marie-Josephe PICHE 9 February 1750 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe PICHE was born 16 April 1734 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Josephe died 18 November 1799 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Josephe was the child of Adrien PICHÉ and Elisabeth GERMAIN.

Mathurin MORISSET died 13 December 1799 in Cap-Santé, 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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Mathurin MORISSET married

Marie-Josephe PICHE-- Date: 9 February 1750 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe PICHE was the child of Adrien PICHÉ and Elisabeth GERMAIN

Children of Mathurin MORISSET and Marie-Josephe PICHE:

Marie-Josephe MORISSET (b.17 March 1751, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 24 September 1826, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE 8 August 1774 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1726 Birth
20 January 1726
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin MORISSET and Marie-Josephe PICHE 9 February 1750, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 24 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe MORISSET was born 17 March 1751, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Mathurin was 25 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe MORISSET married 8 August 1774, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE

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.