Marie-Catherine GUAY

Born

25 February 1724 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Died

11 February 1783 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada

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Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY)Catherine SIMARD

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Born: 25 February 1724 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Father: Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

Mother: Catherine SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Mathieu GUAY , Thérèse POIRIER

Maternal grandparents: Noel SIMARD (SIMART) dit LOMBRETTE , Marie-Madeleine RACINE

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Marie-Catherine married Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 25 November 1737 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 23 December 1714 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 24 October 1789 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD.

Marie-Catherine GUAY died 11 February 1783 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Catherine GUAY married

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 25 November 1737
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was the child of Michel TREMBLAY and Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine GUAY

Angélique TREMBLAY

Born: 27 September 1739, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 20 February 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine TREMBLAY 6 February 1758 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Jean-Baptiste-Denis TREMBLAY

Born: 8 October 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY

Born: 16 April 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 30 September 1814 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte LAVOIE 9 November 1772 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY

Born: 24 December 1752, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 11 October 1824 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: René-Pierre TREMBLAY 8 January 1770 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1724
25 February 1724
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1737 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine GUAY and Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 25 November 1737, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 13 years old.

1737 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1739 Birth of Child
Angélique TREMBLAY was born 27 September 1739, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Catherine was 15 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Denis TREMBLAY was born 8 October 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Catherine was 20 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 16 April 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Catherine was 22 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY was born 24 December 1752, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Catherine was 28 years old.

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

1758 Marriage of Child
Angélique TREMBLAY married 6 February 1758, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Antoine TREMBLAY

1759 Death of Child
Angélique TREMBLAY died 20 February 1759, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie-Catherine was 35 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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Marie-Julie-Therese TREMBLAY married 8 January 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to René-Pierre TREMBLAY

1772 Marriage of Child
Henri-Benjamin TREMBLAY married 9 November 1772, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Marie-Josephte LAVOIE

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.