Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE

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17 November 1758 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

28 August 1826 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE

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Born: 17 November 1758 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE

Mother: Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE

Paternal grandparents: François Marie PICOTÉ dit BELESTRE , Marie-Catherine TROTTIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Antoine MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE , Marie-Louise LECOMPTE

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Marie-Anne-Angelique married Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD) 20 June 1791 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD) was born abt. 1755 in Sandaig, Inverness, Scotland. Angus John died 12 July 1812 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE died 28 August 1826 in Montréal, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE married

Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD)
Marriage date: 20 June 1791
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada

Children of Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD) and Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE

Jean Francois Picotte De Bellestre (John) MACDONELL

Born: 21 October 1799, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1866, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elizabeth-Anne PICKEL 10 January 1835 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1758
17 November 1758
Montréal, Canada, New France

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.

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE and Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD) 20 June 1791, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 32 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Birth of Child
Jean Francois Picotte De Bellestre (John) MACDONELL was born 21 October 1799, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Anne-Angelique was 40 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD) died 12 July 1812, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

Death — 1826
28 August 1826
Montréal, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 67.

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