Catherine GIRARD

(b. 10 January 1712 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 5 June 1776 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Catherine GIRARD was born 10 January 1712 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Catherine GIRARD was the child of Jean GIRARDIN and Marie-Catherine BOURRÉ (BOURRET) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gilles BOURRÉ (BOURRET) dit L'ESPINE and Marie BELLEHACHE

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Catherine married Louis-Joseph LAVIGNE 29 October 1736 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . Louis-Joseph LAVIGNE was born 2 August 1715 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Louis-Joseph was the child of Guillaume LAVIGNE and Marie-Jeanne PARENTEAU.

Catherine married (2) Jacques DROLET 24 November 1749 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques DROLET was born 26 July 1695 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Jacques was the child of Pierre DROLET and Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER).

Catherine GIRARD died 5 June 1776 in Québec, 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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Catherine GIRARD married

Louis-Joseph LAVIGNE-- Date: 29 October 1736 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Louis-Joseph LAVIGNE was the child of Guillaume LAVIGNE and Marie-Jeanne PARENTEAU

Children of Louis-Joseph LAVIGNE and Catherine GIRARD:

Catherine GIRARD married

Jacques DROLET-- Date: 24 November 1749 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Jacques DROLET was the child of Pierre DROLET and Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER)

Children of Jacques DROLET and Catherine GIRARD:

Jean-Baptiste DROLET (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 March 1831, Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine SICARD dite CARUFEL 5 February 1765 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1712 Birth
10 January 1712
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Catherine GIRARD and Louis-Joseph LAVIGNE 29 October 1736, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 24 years old.

1749 Marriage / Partner
Catherine GIRARD and Jacques DROLET 24 November 1749, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 37 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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DROLET married 5 February 1765, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Madeleine SICARD dite CARUFEL

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.