Pierre RACETTE

(b. 3 June 1715 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1788 , Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre RACETTE was born 3 June 1715 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Pierre RACETTE was the child of Pierre RACETTE and Marie-Rose GABOURY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste RACETTE and Jeanne CHAPEAU (maternal) Antoine GABOURY and Jeanne MIGNAULT

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

Pierre married Françoise TINON dite DESROCHES 29 October 1736 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise TINON dite DESROCHES was born 20 April 1715 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 19 April 1743 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Françoise was the child of Jean-Ignace TINON and Marguerite AMYOT (AMIOT) dite VILLENEUVE.

Pierre RACETTE died 18 August 1788 in Mascouche, 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 RACETTE married

Françoise TINON dite DESROCHES-- Date: 29 October 1736 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Françoise TINON dite DESROCHES was the child of Jean-Ignace TINON and Marguerite AMYOT (AMIOT) dite VILLENEUVE

Children of Pierre RACETTE and Françoise TINON dite DESROCHES:

Marie-Madeleine-Francoise RACETTE (b.13 September 1739, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 5 July 1791, L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )
m. René FALARDEAU 25 January 1791 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1715 Birth
3 June 1715
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1736 Marriage / Partner
Pierre RACETTE and Françoise TINON dite DESROCHES 29 October 1736, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine-Francoise RACETTE was born 13 September 1739, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 24 years old.

1743 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise TINON dite DESROCHES died 19 April 1743, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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 - 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.