Marie-Madeleine LEGRAND

(b. 7 February 1762 , Saint-Constant, Canada d. 18 August 1832 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine LEGRAND was born 7 February 1762 in Saint-Constant, Canada

Marie-Madeleine LEGRAND was the child of Jacques LEGRAND and Madeleine PROVOST (PREVOST) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis PREVOST and Marie-Anne GIROUX

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

Marie-Madeleine married Michel LAMARRE 31 January 1785 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel LAMARRE was born 27 September 1757 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Michel was the child of Michel LAMARRE and Marie-Anne MONET.

Marie-Madeleine LEGRAND died 18 August 1832 in L'Acadie, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Madeleine LEGRAND married

Michel LAMARRE-- Date: 31 January 1785 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel LAMARRE was the child of Michel LAMARRE and Marie-Anne MONET

Children of Michel LAMARRE and Marie-Madeleine LEGRAND:

Josephte LAMARRE (b.abt. 1796, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Casimir MITCHELL 6 February 1815 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1762 Birth
7 February 1762
Saint-Constant, Canada

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine LEGRAND and Michel LAMARRE 31 January 1785, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 22 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Josephte LAMARRE married 6 February 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Casimir MITCHELL

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)