Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE

(b. 4 November 1744 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1796 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE was born 4 November 1744 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE was the child of Joseph LEVITRE and Marie-Anne POITEVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume LEVITRE and Geneviève LANGLOIS (maternal) François POITEVIN and Marie-Madeleine L'HOMME

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Marie-Marguerite married Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN 25 October 1775 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN was born 1 May 1753 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Gabriel died 3 February 1835 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Gabriel was the child of Gabriel ROY and Marie-Suzanne BEAUDIN.

Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE died 8 November 1796 in Saint-Ours, 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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Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE married

Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN-- Date: 25 October 1775 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN was the child of Gabriel ROY and Marie-Suzanne BEAUDIN

Children of Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN and Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE:

Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN (b.7 July 1781, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 February 1836, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Marguerite GOSSELIN 14 May 1804 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1744 Birth
4 November 1744
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite LEVITRE and Gabriel ROY dit POITEVIN 25 October 1775, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 30 years old.

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.

1781 Birth of Child
Gabriel-Andre ROY dit POITEVIN was born 7 July 1781, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Marguerite was 36 years old.

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

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