Charlotte COGNARD

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13 January 1739 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

13 October 1798 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Charles COGNARD Angélique PINEAU

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Born: 13 January 1739 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Charles COGNARD

Mother: Angélique PINEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph PINEAU (PINEAULT) dit LAPERLE , Marie-Catherine RICHER dite LAFLECHE

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Charlotte married Alexis ASTRUC dit SANSCARTIER 10 February 1759 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis ASTRUC dit SANSCARTIER was born 30 April 1728 in St-Julien, Languedoc, France. Alexis died 15 November 1809 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan).

Charlotte COGNARD died 13 October 1798 in L'Assomption, 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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Charlotte COGNARD married

Alexis ASTRUC dit SANSCARTIER
Marriage date: 10 February 1759
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France

Children of Alexis ASTRUC dit SANSCARTIER and Charlotte COGNARD

Angelique ASTRUC dite SANSCARTIER

Born: 20 March 1774, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 14 August 1807, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Thomas POLIQUIN 1 October 1793 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1739
13 January 1739
Verchères, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte COGNARD and Alexis ASTRUC dit SANSCARTIER 10 February 1759, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 20 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.

1774 Birth of Child
Angelique ASTRUC dite SANSCARTIER was born 20 March 1774, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Charlotte was 35 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.

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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Angelique ASTRUC dite SANSCARTIER married 1 October 1793, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Thomas POLIQUIN