Marie-Louise MORAIS

Born

11 July 1734 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

18 June 1810 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Louis MORAIS Marie-Thérèse SOUCY dite BOIS

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Born: 11 July 1734 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Louis MORAIS

Mother: Marie-Thérèse SOUCY dite BOIS

Maternal grandparents: Unknown UNKNOWN , Anne SOUCY

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Marie-Louise married Joseph LEVESQUE 3 November 1756 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LEVESQUE was born 4 November 1736 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph died 30 May 1822 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie CÔTÉ.

Marie-Louise MORAIS died 18 June 1810 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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-Louise MORAIS married

Joseph LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 3 November 1756
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Joseph LEVESQUE was the child of Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie CÔTÉ

Children of Joseph LEVESQUE and Marie-Louise MORAIS

Ignace LEVESQUE

Born: 17 February 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada
Died: 18 January 1832, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Charlotte GRONDIN 22 January 1787 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1734
11 July 1734
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise MORAIS and Joseph LEVESQUE 3 November 1756, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 22 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Ignace LEVESQUE was born 17 February 1760, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Louise was 25 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.