Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD

Born

abt. 1744 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

15 September 1787 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD

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Born: abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD

Father

Étienne SIMARD

Mother

Barbe DUFOUR

Grandparents of Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD

Paternal grandparents

Étienne SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE Rosalie BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR Louise GAGNÉ

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

Pelagie-Modeste married Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL 22 February 1762 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada . Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL was born 29 May 1736 in Québec, Canada, New France . Joseph-Stanislas died 7 January 1795 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada. Joseph-Stanislas was the child of Joseph-François ROUSSEL and Marie-Madeleine GAUVREAU.

Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD died 15 September 1787 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD

Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD married

Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL
Marriage date: 22 February 1762
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL was the child of Joseph-François ROUSSEL and Marie-Madeleine GAUVREAU

Children of Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL and Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD and Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL 22 February 1762, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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.