Pierre MOREAU

Born

4 September 1720 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

10 November 1766 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre MOREAU dit LAGRANGE Geneviève FONTAINE

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Born: 4 September 1720 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre MOREAU dit LAGRANGE

Mother: Geneviève FONTAINE

Paternal grandparents: Jean MOREAU dit LAGRANGE , Anne COUTURE

Maternal grandparents: Étienne FONTAINE , Marie CONILLE

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Pierre married Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 5 November 1742 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 14 May 1715 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Angélique died 17 April 1760 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Joseph DEMEULES and Catherine DUBEAU.

Pierre married (2) Thecle LAISNE (LAINÉ) dite LALIBERTÉ 20 October 1760 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thecle LAISNE (LAINÉ) dite LALIBERTÉ was born 7 April 1733 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Thecle died 21 February 1801 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thecle was the child of Pierre LAISNE (LAINÉ) dit LALIBERTÉ and Marguerite PLANTE.

Pierre MOREAU died 10 November 1766 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Pierre MOREAU married

Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES)
Marriage date: 5 November 1742
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was the child of Joseph DEMEULES and Catherine DUBEAU

Children of Pierre MOREAU and Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Angélique MOREAU

Born: 12 July 1748, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 1 August 1808, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine BROUSSEAU 20 September 1773 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise MOREAU

Born: 14 September 1751, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 20 December 1806, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

Married: Michel LETELLIER (TELLIER) 14 November 1774 Place: Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Pierre MOREAU married

Thecle LAISNE (LAINÉ) dite LALIBERTÉ
Marriage date: 20 October 1760
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
Thecle LAISNE (LAINÉ) dite LALIBERTÉ was the child of Pierre LAISNE (LAINÉ) dit LALIBERTÉ and Marguerite PLANTE

Children of Pierre MOREAU and Thecle LAISNE (LAINÉ) dite LALIBERTÉ

Marguerite MOREAU

Born: 12 April 1763, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 10 September 1836, St-Anselme, Quebec, Canada

Married: Pierre BLOUIN 6 October 1794 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1720
4 September 1720
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MOREAU and Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 5 November 1742, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 22 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Angélique MOREAU was born 12 July 1748, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 27 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MOREAU was born 14 September 1751, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 31 years old.

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MOREAU and Thecle LAISNE (LAINÉ) dite LALIBERTÉ 20 October 1760, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 40 years old.

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 17 April 1760, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marguerite MOREAU was born 12 April 1763, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Pierre was 42 years old.

Death — 1766
10 November 1766
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 46.

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