Catherine MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

(b. 2 January 1751 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 19 January 1798 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Catherine MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was born 2 January 1751 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Catherine MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was the child of Nicolas MORISSET (MORISSETTE) and Marie-Catherine BLAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Anne CLOUTIER (maternal) Antoine BLAIS and Ambroise-Françoise FOURNIER

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

Catherine married Joseph BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE 7 November 1774 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE was born 18 February 1753 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 23 December 1828 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Joseph-Marie BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE and Felicite GOSSELIN.

Catherine MORISSET (MORISSETTE) died 19 January 1798 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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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Catherine MORISSET (MORISSETTE) married

Joseph BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE-- Date: 7 November 1774 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE was the child of Joseph-Marie BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE and Felicite GOSSELIN

Children of Joseph BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE and Catherine MORISSET (MORISSETTE):

Geneviève BOULANGER dite LEFEBVRE (b.31 May 1778, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 August 1841, Saint-Henri, Canada East )
m. Louis CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ 15 February 1803 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1751 Birth
2 January 1751
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MORISSET (MORISSETTE) and Joseph BOULANGER dit LEFEBVRE 7 November 1774, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 23 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Geneviève BOULANGER dite LEFEBVRE was born 31 May 1778, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 27 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)