Louis CHEVREFILS

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13 April 1706 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

2 May 1776 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE)

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Born: 13 April 1706 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Louis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE

Mother: Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE)

Paternal grandparents: François CHEVREFILS dit LALIME , Marie LAMY

Maternal grandparents: Leonard PAILLARD (PAILLE) , Marie-Louise VACHON

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

Louis married Marie-Anne MESSIER 7 January 1733 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Anne MESSIER was born 3 January 1709 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Anne died 13 October 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of René MESSIER and Catherine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

Louis married (2) Marie-Anne MARCOTTE 13 October 1764 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne MARCOTTE was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 24 April 1776 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Anne was the child of Bernard-Pierre MARCOTTE and Marie-Louise HOUDE.

Louis CHEVREFILS died 2 May 1776 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Occupation: Maitre Charron

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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Spouse & Children of Louis CHEVREFILS

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Louis CHEVREFILS married

Marie-Anne MESSIER
Marriage date: 7 January 1733
Marriage place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Anne MESSIER was the child of René MESSIER and Catherine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Children of Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MESSIER

Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Born: 29 October 1733, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 27 January 1809, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Louis-Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE 10 February 1755 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Josephe CHEVREFILS

Born: 13 April 1735, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 18 August 1735, Varennes, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS

Born: 14 April 1737, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 15 January 1821, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE 10 February 1755 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Married: Joseph BONNEVILLE dit BELLEFLEUR 16 February 1795 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Born: 21 September 1738, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 10 July 1804, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine LEMIRE 8 January 1758 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis CHEVREFILS

Born: 1 December 1739, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 7 December 1739, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

André CHEVREFILS

Born: 13 December 1740, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 31 December 1740, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE

Born: 6 February 1742, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 2 January 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST 19 November 1766 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis-Joseph CHEVREFILS

Born: 5 April 1745, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Josephe CHEVREFILS

Born: 25 May 1746, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 12 July 1746, , Québec Province, Canada

Veronique CHEVREFILS

Born: 20 December 1747, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 5 January 1748, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Louis-Amable CHEVREFILS

Born: 30 August 1750, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 6 September 1750, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Amable CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE

Born: 18 October 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marguerite CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Born: 18 October 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 3 June 1812, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Louis CHEVALIER 23 April 1770 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis CHEVREFILS married

Marie-Anne MARCOTTE
Marriage date: 13 October 1764
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne MARCOTTE was the child of Bernard-Pierre MARCOTTE and Marie-Louise HOUDE

Children of Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MARCOTTE

Francois CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE

Born: 20 January 1766, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 23 May 1776, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis-Henri CHEVREFILS

Born: 25 January 1769 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 June 1844, Deschaillons, Canada East

Married: Josephte GAUTHIER 21 October 1788 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1706
13 April 1706
Montréal, Canada, New France

1706 Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

13 Apr 1706

Louis Chevrefils
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Louis CHEVREFILS - Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Collection Tanguay), Québec, 1608 à 1890

Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Collection Tanguay), Québec, 1608 à 1890

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MESSIER 7 January 1733, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 26 years old.

Louis CHEVREFILS - 1733 Marriage - Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, QC, Canada

1733 Marriage - Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1733 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was born 29 October 1733, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Louis was 27 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe CHEVREFILS was born 13 April 1735, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 29 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS was born 14 April 1737, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 31 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was born 21 September 1738, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 32 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Louis CHEVREFILS was born 1 December 1739, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 33 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
André CHEVREFILS was born 13 December 1740, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 34 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE was born 6 February 1742, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 35 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Louis-Joseph CHEVREFILS was born 5 April 1745, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis was 39 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe CHEVREFILS was born 25 May 1746, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 40 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Veronique CHEVREFILS was born 20 December 1747, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 41 years old.

1748 Death of Child
Veronique CHEVREFILS died 5 January 1748, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 41 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Louis-Amable CHEVREFILS was born 30 August 1750, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 44 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Amable CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE was born 18 October 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 47 years old.

1753 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was born 18 October 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 47 years old.

1755 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE married 10 February 1755, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Louis-Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE

1755 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS married 10 February 1755, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE

1758 Marriage of Child
Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE married 8 January 1758 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Antoine LEMIRE

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MARCOTTE 13 October 1764 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 58 years old.

1764 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne MESSIER died 13 October 1764, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1766 Birth of Child
Francois CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE was born 20 January 1766, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Louis was 59 years old.

1766 Marriage of Child
Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE married 19 November 1766, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST

1769 Birth of Child
Louis-Henri CHEVREFILS was born 25 January 1769 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis was 62 years old.

1770 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE married 23 April 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Louis CHEVALIER

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.