Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN)

(b. 24 February 1766 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 September 1802 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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

Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN) was the child of Louis PREGENT and Angelique GRENIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Pierre PREGENT and Marguerite-Angelique LEMAIRE (maternal) Claude GARNIER (GRENIER) and Marie-Anne LEDUC

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

Madeleine married Francois BRABANT 14 January 1784 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois BRABANT was born 12 November 1754 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Francois died 25 February 1813 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Francois was the child of Augustin-Francois BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Marie LALONDE.

Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN) died 5 September 1802 in Vaudreuil, 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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Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN) married

Francois BRABANT-- Date: 14 January 1784 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois BRABANT was the child of Augustin-Francois BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Marie LALONDE

Children of Francois BRABANT and Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN):

Francois LEFANTE dit BRABANT (b.16 January 1781, Saint-Polycarpe, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 April 1881, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine RANGER 17 May 1813 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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1766 Birth
24 February 1766
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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 Birth of Child
Francois LEFANTE dit BRABANT was born 16 January 1781, Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 14 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PREGENT (PREJEAN) and Francois BRABANT 14 January 1784, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

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)