Louis METIVIER

(b. abt. 1721 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 August 1805 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Louis METIVIER was born abt. 1721 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis METIVIER was the child of Jean-François METIVIER and Marie-Simone BALARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis BALARD (BALLARD) and Marguerite MIGNERON

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Louis married Elisabeth PELLETIER 7 August 1747 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth PELLETIER was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Elisabeth died 21 September 1799 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Elisabeth was the child of Pierre PELLETIER and Angelique-Elisabeth LAVERGNE dite RENAUD.

Louis METIVIER died 15 August 1805 in Montmagny, 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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Louis METIVIER married

Elisabeth PELLETIER-- Date: 7 August 1747 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Elisabeth PELLETIER was the child of Pierre PELLETIER and Angelique-Elisabeth LAVERGNE dite RENAUD

Children of Louis METIVIER and Elisabeth PELLETIER:

Louis-Marie METIVIER (b.22 October 1749, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1825, Montmagny, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marthe BALAN dite LACOMBE 15 February 1773 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1747 Marriage / Partner
Louis METIVIER and Elisabeth PELLETIER 7 August 1747, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1749 Birth of Child
Louis-Marie METIVIER was born 22 October 1749, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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

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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Louis-Marie METIVIER married 15 February 1773, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Marthe BALAN dite LACOMBE

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.