Marie-Josephte PRUD'HOMME

(b. 5 May 1724 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 March 1803 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte PRUD'HOMME was born 5 May 1724 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte PRUD'HOMME was the child of Francois-Xavier PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Anne COURAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier PRUD'HOMME and Cecile GERVAIS (maternal) Cybard COURAULT and Marie-Françoise GOUPIL

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Marie-Josephte married Jean-Baptiste BIRON 7 January 1740 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BIRON was born 23 November 1715 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 8 February 1803 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre BIRON and Catherine LEDUC.

Marie-Josephte PRUD'HOMME died 24 March 1803 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.

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Marie-Josephte PRUD'HOMME married

Jean-Baptiste BIRON-- Date: 7 January 1740 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste BIRON was the child of Pierre BIRON and Catherine LEDUC

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BIRON and Marie-Josephte PRUD'HOMME:

Marie-Charlotte BIRON (b.12 April 1755, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1832, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Joachim LEBER 6 June 1781 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1724 Birth
5 May 1724
Montréal, Canada, New France

1740 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte PRUD'HOMME and Jean-Baptiste BIRON 7 January 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 15 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte BIRON was born 12 April 1755, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Josephte was 30 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte BIRON married 6 June 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Louis-Joachim LEBER

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

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

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