Marie-Josephte DUFRESNE

(b. 9 January 1755 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 12 September 1814 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte DUFRESNE was born 9 January 1755 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte DUFRESNE was the child of Joseph DUFRESNE and Marie-Josephte LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume DUFRESNE and Geneviève RUEL (maternal) Jean LECLERC and Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN

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Marie-Josephte married Louis COULOMBE 20 November 1780 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis COULOMBE was born 20 November 1752 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Louis died 13 March 1810 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Antoine COULOMBE and Genevieve MAGNAN.

Marie-Josephte DUFRESNE died 12 September 1814 in Saint-Laurent, 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 DUFRESNE married

Louis COULOMBE-- Date: 20 November 1780 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis COULOMBE was the child of Antoine COULOMBE and Genevieve MAGNAN

Children of Louis COULOMBE and Marie-Josephte DUFRESNE:

Emerentienne COULOMBE (b.2 April 1794, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. 26 March 1864, Bagotville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis TREMBLAY 21 February 1814 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1755 Birth
9 January 1755
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte DUFRESNE and Louis COULOMBE 20 November 1780, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 25 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)

1794 Birth of Child
Emerentienne COULOMBE was born 2 April 1794, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 39 years old.

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