Alexis MORAIS

(b. 4 October 1732 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 26 August 1821 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Alexis MORAIS was born 4 October 1732 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Alexis MORAIS was the child of Louis MORAIS and Marie-Thérèse SOUCY dite BOIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Unknown UNKNOWN and Anne SOUCY

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Alexis married Marie-Catherine GAGNON 8 June 1761 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Catherine GAGNON was born 20 May 1742 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Catherine died 23 December 1819 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LANGLAIS dite SERIEN.

Alexis MORAIS died 26 August 1821 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Alexis MORAIS married

Marie-Catherine GAGNON-- Date: 8 June 1761 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada
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Marie-Catherine GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LANGLAIS dite SERIEN

Children of Alexis MORAIS and Marie-Catherine GAGNON:

Marie-Josephte MORAIS (b.5 September 1767, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 June 1835, La Pocatière, Lower Canada )
m. Ignace LEVESQUE 23 October 1786 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Felicite MORAIS (b.23 March 1785, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Frederic AUBUT 15 September 1806 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1732 Birth
4 October 1732
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Alexis MORAIS and Marie-Catherine GAGNON 8 June 1761, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 28 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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte MORAIS was born 5 September 1767, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Alexis was 34 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.