Louise VEILLETTE

(b. 8 April 1729 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1814 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Louise VEILLETTE was born 8 April 1729 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Louise VEILLETTE was the child of Jean VEILLETTE and Marie-Catherine LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean VEILLETTE dit LAPLANTE and Catherine LARIOU dite LAFANTAISIE (maternal) Nicolas-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit LATAILLE and Marie-Louise DUCLOS

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

Louise married Prisque TREPANIER 12 February 1753 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prisque TREPANIER was born 26 December 1731 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Prisque died 6 February 1818 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Prisque was the child of Augustin TREPANIER and Angélique DERY.

Louise VEILLETTE died 17 April 1814 in Louiseville, Lower 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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Louise VEILLETTE married

Prisque TREPANIER-- Date: 12 February 1753 Place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Prisque TREPANIER was the child of Augustin TREPANIER and Angélique DERY

Children of Prisque TREPANIER and Louise VEILLETTE:

Jean-Francois TREPANIER (b.30 June 1762, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 July 1819, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marie-Angelique GERLAIS 23 October 1786 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1729 Birth
8 April 1729
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Louise VEILLETTE and Prisque TREPANIER 12 February 1753, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 23 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois TREPANIER was born 30 June 1762, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louise was 33 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Jean-Francois TREPANIER married 23 October 1786, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Marie-Angelique GERLAIS

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)