Pierre ST-MARS

Born

21 August 1729 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

4 September 1795 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Pierre ST-MARS

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Born: 21 August 1729 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Parents of Pierre ST-MARS

Father

Pierre GOBELIN dit CINQ-MARS

Mother

Geneviève BÉLANGER

Grandparents of Pierre ST-MARS

Paternal grandparents

Marc-Antoine GOBELIN dit CINQ-MARS Françoise CHAPELAIN

Maternal grandparents

Charles BÉLANGER Geneviève GAGNON

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

Pierre married Thérèse FERLAND 30 September 1782 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse FERLAND was born 26 September 1744 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Thérèse died 19 July 1812 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada. Thérèse was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Helene CRÉPEAU.

Pierre ST-MARS died 4 September 1795 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre ST-MARS

Pierre ST-MARS married

Thérèse FERLAND
Marriage date: 30 September 1782
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse FERLAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Helene CRÉPEAU

Children of Pierre ST-MARS and Thérèse FERLAND

Marguerite ST-MARS

Born: abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 26 December 1872, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis ROBERGE 2 February 1807 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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 — 1729
21 August 1729
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ST-MARS and Thérèse FERLAND 30 September 1782, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 53 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)