Marie-Josephte DESSALINES

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12 December 1759 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Died

10 July 1795 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Pierre DESSALINES Marie-Louise GAGNÉ

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Born: 12 December 1759 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre DESSALINES

Mother: Marie-Louise GAGNÉ

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESSALINES , Marie-Charlotte GIROUX

Maternal grandparents: Ignace GAGNÉ , Angélique DUFOUR

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Marie-Josephte married Louis-Laurent-Bruno TREMBLAY 26 November 1792 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Louis-Laurent-Bruno TREMBLAY was born 13 June 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Louis-Laurent-Bruno was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ALLARD.

Marie-Josephte DESSALINES died 10 July 1795 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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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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Louis-Laurent-Bruno TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 26 November 1792
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Louis-Laurent-Bruno TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ALLARD

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Birth — 1759
12 December 1759
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte DESSALINES and Louis-Laurent-Bruno TREMBLAY 26 November 1792, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 32 years old.

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