Josephte PECQUEREL

Born

18 April 1753 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

24 January 1816 , Bonaventure, Lower Canada

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Jacques PECQUEREL Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE

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Born: 18 April 1753 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques PECQUEREL

Mother: Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques LEFEBVRE , Marie-Josephe PARENT

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Josephte married Nicolas SAMSON 4 September 1796 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nicolas SAMSON was born 10 December 1758 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Nicolas died 15 September 1836 in Percé, St-Michel, Gaspé, Québec, Canada. Nicolas was the child of Jacques SAMSON and Louise BELISLE.

Josephte PECQUEREL died 24 January 1816 in Bonaventure, 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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Josephte PECQUEREL married

Nicolas SAMSON
Marriage date: 4 September 1796
Marriage place: Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada
Nicolas SAMSON was the child of Jacques SAMSON and Louise BELISLE

Children of Nicolas SAMSON and Josephte PECQUEREL

Nicolas SAMSON

Born: 4 May 1791, L'Anse-Au-Griffon, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
Died: 15 August 1836, L'Anse-Au-Griffon, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marguerite SYNNOTT 7 October 1812

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Birth — 1753
18 April 1753
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Nicolas SAMSON was born 4 May 1791, L'Anse-Au-Griffon, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

Josephte was 38 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Josephte PECQUEREL and Nicolas SAMSON 4 September 1796, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

She was 43 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)