Marguerite MEUNIER

Born

11 April 1739 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

8 May 1779 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

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Francois MEUNIER Marguerite GAUVIN

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Born: 11 April 1739 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Father: Francois MEUNIER

Mother: Marguerite GAUVIN

Paternal grandparents: Mathurin MEUNIER , Catherine BONHOMME

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GAUVIN , Marie-Anne FISET

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Marguerite married Charles PETITCLERC 28 July 1760 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada . Charles PETITCLERC was born 23 September 1731 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Charles died 30 December 1788 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Charles PETITCLERC and Catherine-Jacqueline PREVOST.

Marguerite MEUNIER died 8 May 1779 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, 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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Charles PETITCLERC
Marriage date: 28 July 1760
Marriage place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada
Charles PETITCLERC was the child of Charles PETITCLERC and Catherine-Jacqueline PREVOST

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Birth — 1739
11 April 1739
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MEUNIER and Charles PETITCLERC 28 July 1760, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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.

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.