Laurent DUCHESNE

(b. 4 October 1785 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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Laurent DUCHESNE was born 4 October 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Laurent DUCHESNE was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUCHESNE and Angélique LAVOIE (maternal) Nicolas GIRARD and Marie-Françoise DESBIENS

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

Laurent married Marie-Christine THERRIEN 14 May 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Christine THERRIEN was born 3 April 1788 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Christine died 2 February 1864 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Christine was the child of René THERRIEN and Therese GUAY.

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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