Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU)

(b. 24 June 1735 , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 May 1805 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) was born 24 June 1735 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) was the child of Pierre LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) and Marie-Anne DESNOUX and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques-René DESNOUX dit LÉVEILLÉ and Madeleine GODIN

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Marie-Anne married Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER 22 April 1754 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER was born 9 March 1734 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Claude-Guillaume died 23 January 1806 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Claude-Guillaume was the child of Nicolas-Rene CHEVALIER and Madeleine LEBLANC.

Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) died 20 May 1805 in Québec, 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-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) married

Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER-- Date: 22 April 1754 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER was the child of Nicolas-Rene CHEVALIER and Madeleine LEBLANC

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Children of Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER and Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU):

Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER (b.20 February 1754, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1828, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)
m. Therese POULIN 23 February 1778 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1735 Birth
24 June 1735
Québec Province, Canada

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) and Claude-Guillaume CHEVALIER 22 April 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 18 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER was born 20 February 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Anne was 18 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.

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.