Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER

Born

20 December 1701 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

24 March 1800 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste POTHIER Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

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Born: 20 December 1701 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste POTHIER

Mother: Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME , Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)

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Marguerite-Jeanne married Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was born abt. 1701 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Nicolas died 4 February 1800 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Nicolas was the child of Nicolas VANASSE and Jeanne BERGERON.

Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER died 24 March 1800 in Maskinongé, 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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Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER married

Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was the child of Nicolas VANASSE and Jeanne BERGERON

Children of Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER

Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Born: 9 February 1729, Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Died: 2 December 1757, Berthierville, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS 14 April 1749 Place: Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

Born: 16 November 1732, Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE 17 January 1757 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

Born: abt. 1734, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 July 1804, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne SICARD dite CARUFEL 1 May 1759 Place: Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Josephte VANASSE

Born: abt. 1734, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois FLEURY 21 July 1760 Place: Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

Born: abt. 1738, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 July 1786, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL 13 April 1761 Place: Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Born: abt. 1740, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 September 1817, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 2 February 1761 Place: Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Geneviève VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Born: abt. 1745, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 September 1825, Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Married: Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME 27 July 1765 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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Birth — 1701
20 December 1701
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1729 Birth of Child
Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE was born 9 February 1729, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marguerite-Jeanne was 27 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was born 16 November 1732, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marguerite-Jeanne was 30 years old.

1749 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married 14 April 1749 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married 17 January 1757, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Anne DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

1757 Death of Child
Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE died 2 December 1757, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marguerite-Jeanne was 55 years old.

1759 Marriage of Child
François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married 1 May 1759, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Marie-Anne SICARD dite CARUFEL

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte VANASSE married 21 July 1760, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Francois FLEURY

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married 2 February 1761, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

1761 Marriage of Child
Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married 13 April 1761, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Geneviève VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married 27 July 1765, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME

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)

1786 Death of Child
Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE died 24 July 1786, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marguerite-Jeanne was 84 years old.

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

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

Death — 1800
24 March 1800
Maskinongé, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 98.

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