Marthe BOISSEL

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abt. 1702 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

12 May 1776 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Claude BOISSEL Marguerite MORIN

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Born: abt. 1702 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Claude BOISSEL

Mother: Marguerite MORIN

Paternal grandparents: Noel BOISSEL , Marie MORIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MORIN dit BOUCHER , Marie Madeleine MARTIN

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Marthe married Jean-Baptiste LEVITRE 23 November 1721 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LEVITRE was born 13 September 1695 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 1 April 1760 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Guillaume LEVITRE and Geneviève LANGLOIS.

Marthe BOISSEL died 12 May 1776 in Québec, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marthe BOISSEL married

Jean-Baptiste LEVITRE
Marriage date: 23 November 1721
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Jean-Baptiste LEVITRE was the child of Guillaume LEVITRE and Geneviève LANGLOIS

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Antoine LEVITRE

Born: 11 April 1739, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 21 April 1777, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Reine FOURNIER 1 August 1763 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Marriage / Partner
Marthe BOISSEL and Jean-Baptiste LEVITRE 23 November 1721, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1739 Birth of Child
Antoine LEVITRE was born 11 April 1739, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEVITRE died 1 April 1760, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Antoine LEVITRE married 1 August 1763, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Reine FOURNIER

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.