Catherine DESROCHES

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abt. 1696 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

26 April 1780 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre DESROCHERS Suzanne RABOUIN

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Born: abt. 1696 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre DESROCHERS

Mother: Suzanne RABOUIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean RABOUIN , Marguerite ARDION

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Catherine married Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 30 December 1712 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 10 June 1688 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine). Claude died 18 June 1749 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Claude was the child of Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON.

Catherine DESROCHES died 26 April 1780 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Catherine DESROCHES married

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX
Marriage date: 30 December 1712
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON

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Children of Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES

Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 17 December 1713, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 25 November 1745, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Angelique GAUTHIER 23 July 1736 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Catherine-Francoise LEFEBVRE

Born: 27 July 1720, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Pierre-Hyacinthe PELLETIER dit ANTAYA 3 May 1744 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE

Born: 27 June 1722, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 20 May 1803, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Louise PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN 18 January 1751 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 5 June 1724, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER 17 February 1749 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 20 March 1726, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 31 January 1805 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET 10 February 1755 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Married: Madeleine HOUDE 21 September 1761 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Born: 13 January 1728, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 26 November 1808, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS 17 January 1752 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 24 December 1729, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 14 February 1812, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE 25 February 1759 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Married: Geneviève BENOIT 30 March 1761 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 22 April 1732, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 4 November 1776, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX 11 September 1751 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Elisabeth LEFEBVRE

Born: 15 September 1737, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 21 February 1810, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph CELLIER 5 October 1767 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Francoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

Born: 1 August 1740, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 27 January 1799, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Etienne BEAUPRE 28 April 1767 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE

Born: 8 April 1742, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 16 February 1822, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Married: Charles GUAY 8 October 1764 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1712 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DESROCHES and Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 30 December 1712, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1713 Birth of Child
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 17 December 1713, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine-Francoise LEFEBVRE was born 27 July 1720, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1722 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE was born 27 June 1722, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1724 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 5 June 1724, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1726 Birth of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 20 March 1726, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1728 Birth of Child
Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX was born 13 January 1728, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1729 Birth of Child
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 24 December 1729, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1732 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 22 April 1732, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1736 Marriage of Child
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 23 July 1736, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Angelique GAUTHIER

1737 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LEFEBVRE was born 15 September 1737, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1740 Birth of Child
Francoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX was born 1 August 1740, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE was born 8 April 1742, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1744 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine-Francoise LEFEBVRE married 3 May 1744, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Pierre-Hyacinthe PELLETIER dit ANTAYA

1745 Death of Child
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 25 November 1745, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1749 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married 17 February 1749, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Étienne-Gabriel GAUTHIER

1749 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 18 June 1749, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1751 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE married 18 January 1751, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Louise PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN

1751 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married 11 September 1751, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX

1752 Marriage of Child
Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX married 17 January 1752, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 10 February 1755, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Geneviève-Louise BEAUDET

1759 Marriage of Child
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 25 February 1759, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LABBE

1761 Marriage of Child
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 30 March 1761, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Geneviève BENOIT

1761 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 21 September 1761 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Madeleine HOUDE

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE married 8 October 1764, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Charles GUAY

1767 Marriage of Child
Francoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX married 28 April 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Etienne BEAUPRE

1767 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth LEFEBVRE married 5 October 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph CELLIER

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.