Marie-Thérèse L'HEREUX (LEREAU)

Born

14 October 1725 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

29 June 1798 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT)Marguerite LOIGNON

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Born: 14 October 1725 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

Mother: Marguerite LOIGNON

Paternal grandparents: Sixte LEREAU (L'HERAULT) , Reine DEBLOIS

Maternal grandparents: Charles-Joseph LOIGNON , Marie-Marguerite ROULOIS

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Marie-Thérèse married Joseph JINCHEREAU 3 February 1749 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . Joseph JINCHEREAU was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 9 June 1777 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste JINCHEREAU and Therese CANAC.

Marie-Thérèse L'HEREUX (LEREAU) died 29 June 1798 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Joseph JINCHEREAU
Marriage date: 3 February 1749
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Joseph JINCHEREAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste JINCHEREAU and Therese CANAC

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Birth — 1725
14 October 1725
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse L'HEREUX (LEREAU) and Joseph JINCHEREAU 3 February 1749, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

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.