Marguerite LABRECQUE

Born

26 February 1743 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

18 August 1825 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Born: 26 February 1743 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Parents of Marguerite LABRECQUE

Father

Laurent LABRECQUE

Mother

Marie-Marguerite DUMAS

Grandparents of Marguerite LABRECQUE

Paternal grandparents

Jacques LABRECQUE Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE

Maternal grandparents

François DUMAS Marguerite ROULEAU

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

Marguerite married Prisque VEZINA 30 January 1775 in Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada . Prisque VEZINA was born 18 January 1726 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France. Prisque died 3 January 1807 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada . Prisque was the child of François VÉZINA and Marguerite MATHIEU.

Marguerite LABRECQUE died 18 August 1825 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite LABRECQUE

Marguerite LABRECQUE married

Prisque VEZINA
Marriage date: 30 January 1775
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada
Prisque VEZINA was the child of François VÉZINA and Marguerite MATHIEU

Children of Prisque VEZINA and Marguerite LABRECQUE

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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 — 1743
26 February 1743
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LABRECQUE and Prisque VEZINA 30 January 1775, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

She was 31 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.