Pierre POITRAS

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18 November 1739 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

16 December 1820 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Jacques POITRAS Marie-Anne GAGNE

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Born: 18 November 1739 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jacques POITRAS

Mother: Marie-Anne GAGNE

Paternal grandparents: Jean POITRAS , Marie-Anne LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Francois GAGNE , Françoise POULIN

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Pierre married Rosalie SIMARD 8 January 1787 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Rosalie SIMARD was born 11 October 1758 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Rosalie died 10 May 1798 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Rosalie was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD and Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET).

Pierre POITRAS died 16 December 1820 in La Malbaie, 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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Rosalie SIMARD
Marriage date: 8 January 1787
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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Rosalie SIMARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD and Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

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Marie-Genevieve POITRAS

Born: 1 January 1788, La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 December 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Married: Jean BRASSARD 27 October 1807 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Christophe POITRAS

Born: abt. 1791, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 February 1851, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada East

Married: Mary HEWETT (HEWITT) 8 August 1815 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre POITRAS

Born: 23 June 1794, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 July 1854, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET 24 February 1829 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1739
18 November 1739
Québec Province, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Pierre POITRAS and Rosalie SIMARD 8 January 1787, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 47 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve POITRAS was born 1 January 1788, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 48 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Pierre POITRAS was born 23 June 1794, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 54 years old.

1798 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rosalie SIMARD died 10 May 1798, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve POITRAS married 27 October 1807, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Jean BRASSARD

1815 Marriage of Child
Christophe POITRAS married 8 August 1815, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Mary HEWETT (HEWITT)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

Death — 1820
16 December 1820
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 81.

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