Louis MARCOUX

(b. 25 August 1723 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 24 March 1777 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis MARCOUX was born 25 August 1723 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Louis MARCOUX was the child of Noel MARCOUX and Jeanne-Thérèse BAUGIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MARCOUX and Marthe RAINVILLE (maternal) Jean BAUGIS and Marie-Jeanne-Thérèse PARENT

Louis had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Louis married Marie GRENIER 9 January 1747 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GRENIER was born 17 January 1722 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie died 19 October 1800 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie was the child of Charles GRENIER and Marie-Anne VACHON.

Louis MARCOUX died 24 March 1777 in Sainte-Marie, 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
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Louis MARCOUX married

Marie GRENIER-- Date: 9 January 1747 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie GRENIER was the child of Charles GRENIER and Marie-Anne VACHON

Children of Louis MARCOUX and Marie GRENIER:

Marie-Catherine MARCOUX (b.15 February 1763, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 July 1832, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. François BILODEAU 10 October 1780 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1723 Birth
25 August 1723
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Louis MARCOUX and Marie GRENIER 9 January 1747, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 23 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine MARCOUX was born 15 February 1763, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Louis was 39 years old.

Revolutionary War
MARCOUX, Louis. Ste-Marie-de-Beauce. Rebel, harbored two American spies (BTW).
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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.