Pierre LAFOREST

(b. 23 July 1746 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1817 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LAFOREST was born 23 July 1746 in Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre LAFOREST was the child of Pierre Yves LAPIERRE dit LAFOREST and Marie-Louise ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) François ALLAIRE and Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

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

Pierre married Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU 19 August 1771 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU was born abt. 1751 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Madeleine died 22 May 1791 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jacques DEVOST dit DENEAU and Charlotte BOUCHER.

Pierre LAFOREST died 6 April 1817 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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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Pierre LAFOREST married

Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU-- Date: 19 August 1771 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU was the child of Jacques DEVOST dit DENEAU and Charlotte BOUCHER

Children of Pierre LAFOREST and Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU:

Marie-Thérèse LAFOREST (b.3 February 1776, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 June 1857, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Francois BOURGOIN 19 August 1793 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1746 Birth
23 July 1746
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LAFOREST and Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU 19 August 1771, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 25 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse LAFOREST was born 3 February 1776, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Pierre was 29 years old.

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