Michel SOREL

(b. 17 January 1752 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 2 August 1795 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Michel SOREL was born 17 January 1752 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Michel SOREL was the child of Michel SOREL (SAUREL) and Catherine LESIEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Hilaire-Jean-Baptiste SOREL dit LEVEILLE and Geneviève BRAULT dite POMANVILLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LESIEUR dit CALOT and Louise DENOYON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Marie-Anne PROVOST 23 October 1774 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PROVOST was born 9 January 1759 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Anne died 16 April 1825 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROVOST and Charlotte LAMOUREAUX.

Michel SOREL died 2 August 1795 in La Prairie, 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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Michel SOREL married

Marie-Anne PROVOST-- Date: 23 October 1774 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne PROVOST was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROVOST and Charlotte LAMOUREAUX

Children of Michel SOREL and Marie-Anne PROVOST:

Marie-Anne SOREL (b.6 March 1777, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 September 1845, Napierville, Canada East )
m. Pierre RIEL 12 February 1798 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1752 Birth
17 January 1752
Boucherville, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Michel SOREL and Marie-Anne PROVOST 23 October 1774, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 22 years old.

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne SOREL was born 6 March 1777, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Michel 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)