Catherine MOREAU

(b. 18 February 1771 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 June 1800 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Catherine MOREAU was born 18 February 1771 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine MOREAU was the child of Joseph MOREAU and Francoise MAROTTE dite LABONTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Marie-Françoise ROGNON dite LAROCHE

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

Catherine married Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE 2 February 1789 in Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE was born 12 April 1767 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 23 August 1841 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada. Pierre was the child of Joseph DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Louise GUETHIER.

Catherine MOREAU died 23 June 1800 in Vaudreuil, 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 MOREAU married

Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE-- Date: 2 February 1789 Place: Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Joseph DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Louise GUETHIER

Children of Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE and Catherine MOREAU:

Joseph DOCQUE (b.17 September 1791, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte ROY 9 October 1815 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

Ignace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE (b.4 September 1797, Lochaber, Papineau, Québec Canada d. 19 September 1888, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne LANDRIAULT 23 January 1823 in Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1771 Birth
18 February 1771
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MOREAU and Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE 2 February 1789, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

She was 17 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Birth of Child
Joseph DOCQUE was born 17 September 1791, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Catherine was 20 years old.

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

1797 Birth of Child
Ignace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE was born 4 September 1797, Lochaber, Papineau, Québec Canada

Catherine was 26 years old.