Pierre LEFEBVRE

Born

6 April 1746 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

9 August 1822 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Pierre married Amable SOREL 12 April 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable SOREL was born 8 January 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Amable died 22 May 1841 in La Prairie, Canada East . Amable was the child of Luc SOREL and Jeanne MADDOX .

Parents & Family of Pierre LEFEBVRE

Parents of Pierre LEFEBVRE

Father

Louis LEFEBVRE

Mother

Agnès PINSONNEAULT

Grandparents of Pierre LEFEBVRE

Paternal grandparents

François LEFEBVRE Louise VANDANDAIGUE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR Marie-Charlotte LECOURS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE

Pierre LEFEBVRE married

Amable SOREL
Marriage date: 12 April 1779
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable SOREL was the child of Luc SOREL and Jeanne MADDOX

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable SOREL

Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE

Born: abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 June 1837, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph SURPRENANT 24 November 1806 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1746
6 April 1746
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable SOREL 12 April 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 33 years old.

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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE married 24 November 1806, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Joseph SURPRENANT

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