Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS

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20 June 1759 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

13 February 1796 , Verchères, Lower Canada

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Louis-Michel DESMARAIS Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET

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Born: 20 June 1759 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Louis-Michel DESMARAIS

Mother: Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET , Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET , Marie-Louise LUSSIER

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Marie-Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE 29 September 1779 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 5 June 1762 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Jean-Baptiste-Antoine died 5 July 1830 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Jean-Baptiste-Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise SAVARIA.

Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS died 13 February 1796 in Verchères, 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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Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS married

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE
Marriage date: 29 September 1779
Marriage place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise SAVARIA

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Thérèse Pion 1780-

Archange-Marie Pion 10 Sep 1785 m. Berthiaume Noel

Jean-Baptiste Pion 1787-

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Birth — 1759
20 June 1759
Verchères, Canada, New France

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.

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Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS and Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE 29 September 1779, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.