Louis PREGENT

(b. 2 June 1738 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 28 July 1814 , Île-Perrot, Lower Canada )

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Louis PREGENT was born 2 June 1738 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Louis PREGENT was the child of Louis-Pierre PREGENT and Marguerite-Angelique LEMAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis PREGENT and Marie-Anne MALLET (maternal) Charles LEMAIRE dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Clemence RAPIN

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

Louis married Angelique GRENIER 10 November 1760 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angelique GRENIER was born 2 November 1740 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal). Angelique died 29 April 1810 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal). Angelique was the child of Claude GARNIER (GRENIER) and Marie-Anne LEDUC.

Louis PREGENT died 28 July 1814 in Île-Perrot, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Louis PREGENT was a Laboureur, capitaine de milice à l’île Perrot.

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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Louis PREGENT married

Angelique GRENIER-- Date: 10 November 1760 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada
Angelique GRENIER was the child of Claude GARNIER (GRENIER) and Marie-Anne LEDUC

Children of Louis PREGENT and Angelique GRENIER:

Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN) (b.24 February 1766, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 September 1802, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Francois BRABANT 14 January 1784 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Euphrosine PREGENT (b.12 May 1769, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 December 1849, Les Cèdres, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste BISSONNETTE 29 January 1787

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1738 Birth
2 June 1738
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Louis PREGENT and Angelique GRENIER 10 November 1760, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN) was born 24 February 1766, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Louis was 27 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Euphrosine PREGENT was born 12 May 1769, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Louis was 30 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.