Louise LAROCHE

(b. 25 May 1734 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 1 July 1793 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Louise LAROCHE was born 25 May 1734 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Louise LAROCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAROCHE and Marie-Anne AUGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Innocent LAROCHE and Marie ARBOUR (HARBOUR) (maternal) Pierre AUGER and Perrine MEUNIER dite LARAMÉE

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

Louise married Jean-Baptiste MASSE 18 January 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MASSE was born 25 November 1731 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Guillaume MASSE and Marie-Françoise MERDIEU.

Louise LAROCHE died 1 July 1793 in Trois-Rivières, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Louise LAROCHE married

Jean-Baptiste MASSE-- Date: 18 January 1758 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste MASSE was the child of Jean-Guillaume MASSE and Marie-Françoise MERDIEU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste MASSE and Louise LAROCHE:

Marie-Angélique MASSE (b.29 June 1763, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 October 1820, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Simon-Marc CLOUTIER 7 January 1782 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
25 May 1734
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Louise LAROCHE and Jean-Baptiste MASSE 18 January 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 23 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique MASSE was born 29 June 1763, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louise was 29 years old.

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.