Agathe VAILLANT

Born

17 April 1728 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

21 September 1801 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Pierre-René VAILLANT Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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Born: 17 April 1728 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-René VAILLANT

Mother: Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre VAILLANT , Jeanne FAUCHEUX

Maternal grandparents: Mathurin GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE , Nicole PHILIPPEAU (PHILLAPPEAU)

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Agathe married Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE 7 January 1754 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 2 February 1722 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Pierre died 8 November 1807 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Pierre was the child of François RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine TURCOT.

Agathe VAILLANT died 21 September 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Agathe VAILLANT married

Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE
Marriage date: 7 January 1754
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was the child of François RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine TURCOT

Children of Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Agathe VAILLANT

Agathe RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 30 May 1756, L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Died: 17 May 1837, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1728
17 April 1728
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Agathe VAILLANT and Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE 7 January 1754, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 25 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Agathe RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 30 May 1756, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Agathe 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.

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.