Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT

(b. 30 August 1734 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 December 1817 , Gentilly, Canada )

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Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT was born 30 August 1734 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT was the child of Claude VAILLANCOURT and Madeleine RATTÉ (RATE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul VAILLANCOURT and Marguerite GUILLOT (maternal) Guillaume RATTÉ and Marie-Madeleine NOLIN

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Madeleine-Marguerite married Augustin TURCOT 26 January 1756 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin TURCOT was born 23 March 1734 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Augustin died 28 January 1817 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Augustin was the child of Simon TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marie-Madeleine GODBOUT.

Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT died 5 December 1817 in Gentilly, 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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Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT married

Augustin TURCOT-- Date: 26 January 1756 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Augustin TURCOT was the child of Simon TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marie-Madeleine GODBOUT

Children of Augustin TURCOT and Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT:

Joseph TURCOT (b.2 May 1773, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 August 1855, Trois-Rivières, Canada East )
m. Marguerite MARCHILDON 21 November 1802 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1734 Birth
30 August 1734
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT and Augustin TURCOT 26 January 1756, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 21 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 Birth of Child
Joseph TURCOT was born 2 May 1773, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine-Marguerite was 38 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Joseph TURCOT married 21 November 1802, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marguerite MARCHILDON