Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY)

(b. 25 May 1728 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 3 June 1805 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) was born 25 May 1728 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) was the child of Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Charlotte JANOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Anne RICHARD (maternal) Robert JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Anne-Thérèse LANGLOIS

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

Louis married Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT) 22 January 1759 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT) was born 24 September 1739 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Josephte died 14 December 1813 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste MAGUET and Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL.

Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) died 3 June 1805 in Lachenaie, 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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Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) married

Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT)-- Date: 22 January 1759 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT) was the child of Jean-Baptiste MAGUET and Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL

Children of Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT):

Marie-Josephte DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) (b.14 April 1770, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 October 1847, Lachenaie, Canada East )
m. Nicolas-Charles CONTANT 16 June 1791 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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1728 Birth
25 May 1728
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT) 22 January 1759, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 30 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.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) was born 14 April 1770, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Louis was 41 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) married 16 June 1791, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Nicolas-Charles CONTANT

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

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