Felicite CHARLAND

Born

15 August 1721 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

23 March 1789 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre CHARLAND Jeanne GUILLEMET

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Born: 15 August 1721 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre CHARLAND

Mother: Jeanne GUILLEMET

Paternal grandparents: Denis-Hyacinthe CHARLAND , Marie-Anne LÉTOURNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas GUILLEMET , Marie SEL (DECELLES)

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Felicite married Joseph TURCOTTE 15 February 1740 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph TURCOTTE was born 13 May 1715 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 12 May 1791 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Louis TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marguerite LEPAGE.

Felicite CHARLAND died 23 March 1789 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Felicite CHARLAND married

Joseph TURCOTTE
Marriage date: 15 February 1740
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Joseph TURCOTTE was the child of Louis TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marguerite LEPAGE

Children of Joseph TURCOTTE and Felicite CHARLAND

Rose TURCOTTE

Born: 14 February 1741, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 10 October 1804, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Georges LAURENT dit LASSONDE 25 October 1762 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1721
15 August 1721
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1740 Marriage / Partner
Felicite CHARLAND and Joseph TURCOTTE 15 February 1740, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Rose TURCOTTE was born 14 February 1741, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Felicite was 19 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Rose TURCOTTE married 25 October 1762, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Jean-Georges LAURENT dit LASSONDE

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.