Marie-Anne POULIN

Born

23 August 1747 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Died

8 December 1821 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Marie-Anne POULIN

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Born: 23 August 1747 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Parents of Marie-Anne POULIN

Father

Pierre POULIN

Mother

Charlotte RACINE

Grandparents of Marie-Anne POULIN

Paternal grandparents

Claude POULIN Marguerite NAVERS

Maternal grandparents

Pierre RACINE Geneviève GUIMOND

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

Marie-Anne married François CLESSE 7 January 1765 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François CLESSE was born 13 July 1736 in Québec, Canada, New France . François died 2 January 1818 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . François was the child of François CLESSE and Marie-Ignace-Jeanne ROY.

Marie-Anne POULIN died 8 December 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Anne POULIN

Marie-Anne POULIN married

François CLESSE
Marriage date: 7 January 1765
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

François CLESSE was the child of François CLESSE and Marie-Ignace-Jeanne ROY

Children of François CLESSE and Marie-Anne POULIN

Geneviève CLESSE

Born: 17 July 1771, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 March 1857, Kamouraska, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste LARUE 20 November 1788 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie CLESSE

Born: 7 August 1777, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 March 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE 26 November 1792 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1747
23 August 1747
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne POULIN and François CLESSE 7 January 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 17 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Geneviève CLESSE was born 17 July 1771, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Anne was 23 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Marie CLESSE was born 7 August 1777, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Anne was 29 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Geneviève CLESSE married 20 November 1788, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LARUE

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie CLESSE married 26 November 1792, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada to Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Death of Child
Marie CLESSE died 20 March 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Anne was 47 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.

1818 Death of Spouse/Partner
François CLESSE died 2 January 1818, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

Death — 1821
8 December 1821
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 74.

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