Marie-Thérèse DROLET

Born

30 March 1742 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

17 March 1819 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada

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Philippe DROLET Marguerite SAVARD

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Born: 30 March 1742 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Father: Philippe DROLET

Mother: Marguerite SAVARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DROLET , Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François SAVARD , Marguerite RENAUD

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Marie-Thérèse married Ignace VALIN 13 July 1761 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada . Ignace VALIN was born 12 July 1737 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Ignace died 28 April 1806 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Ignace was the child of François VALIN and Geneviève TRUDEL.

Marie-Thérèse DROLET died 17 March 1819 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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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Ignace VALIN
Marriage date: 13 July 1761
Marriage place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada
Ignace VALIN was the child of François VALIN and Geneviève TRUDEL

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Birth — 1742
30 March 1742
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse DROLET and Ignace VALIN 13 July 1761, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 19 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.

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.