François BELANGER

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28 July 1729 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Died

30 January 1803 , Mascouche, Lower Canada

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Alexis BELANGER Marie LESOT

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Born: 28 July 1729 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Father: Alexis BELANGER

Mother: Marie LESOT

Paternal grandparents: Charles BELANGER , Barbe-Delphine CLOUTIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LESOT , Marguerite DAVID

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François married Cecile POULIN 18 January 1751 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Cecile POULIN was born 22 April 1732 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Cecile died 15 February 1806 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Cecile was the child of Guillaume POULIN (POULAIN) and Geneviève-Marguerite CARON.

François BELANGER died 30 January 1803 in Mascouche, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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François BELANGER married

Cecile POULIN
Marriage date: 18 January 1751
Marriage place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Cecile POULIN was the child of Guillaume POULIN (POULAIN) and Geneviève-Marguerite CARON

Children of François BELANGER and Cecile POULIN

Marie-Cecile BELANGER

Born: 6 June 1753, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 27 March 1831, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre MULOUIN 4 August 1794 Place: Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

Geneviève BELANGER

Born: 3 January 1756, Château-Richer, Canada, New France
Died: 9 April 1777, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Francois BEAUDOIN 11 October 1773 Place: Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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Birth — 1729
28 July 1729
Château-Richer, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
François BELANGER and Cecile POULIN 18 January 1751, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Cecile BELANGER was born 6 June 1753, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

François was 23 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Geneviève BELANGER was born 3 January 1756, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

François was 26 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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Geneviève BELANGER married 11 October 1773, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche) to Jean-Francois BEAUDOIN

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.