Claude PRIMEAU

Born

16 July 1690 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

3 May 1768 , Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada

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François PRIMEAU Marie-Thérèse DENEAU (DENIAU)

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Born: 16 July 1690 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: François PRIMEAU

Mother: Marie-Thérèse DENEAU (DENIAU)

Maternal grandparents: Marin DENEAU (DENIAU) dit DESTAILLIS, dit SULLY , Louise-Marie-Thérèse LEBREUIL (DUBREUIL)

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Claude married Angélique BABEU 14 June 1717 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Angélique BABEU was born 22 February 1697 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Angélique died 7 October 1781 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Angélique was the child of Andre BABEU and Marie-Anne ROY.

Claude PRIMEAU died 3 May 1768 in Châteauguay, 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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Angélique BABEU
Marriage date: 14 June 1717
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Angélique BABEU was the child of Andre BABEU and Marie-Anne ROY

Children of Claude PRIMEAU and Angélique BABEU

Josephte PRIMEAU

Born: abt. 1718, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 October 1803, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 2 June 1783 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Anne PRIMEAU

Born: abt. 1720, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 January 1768, Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin LEMIRE 26 November 1742 Place: Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Jacques PRIMEAU

Born: abt. 1722, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite COUILLARD 7 January 1767 Place: Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

François PRIMEAU

Born: abt. 1723, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 July 1784, Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine PRIMEAU

Born: abt. 1726, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 28 May 1773, Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie PRIMEAU

Born: abt. 1727, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 July 1814, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph DURAND 31 July 1747 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Joachim PRIMEAU

Born: abt. 1731, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie LEGARE 4 October 1751 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Gaspard PRIMEAU

Born: 27 July 1738, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1690
16 July 1690
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Marriage / Partner
Claude PRIMEAU and Angélique BABEU 14 June 1717, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

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

1738 Birth of Child
Gaspard PRIMEAU was born 27 July 1738, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Claude was 48 years old.

1742 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PRIMEAU married 26 November 1742, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Augustin LEMIRE

1747 Marriage of Child
Marie PRIMEAU married 31 July 1747, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Joseph DURAND

1751 Marriage of Child
Joachim PRIMEAU married 4 October 1751, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie LEGARE

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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Jacques PRIMEAU married 7 January 1767, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Marguerite COUILLARD