Thérèse DUFRESNE

(b. 9 May 1712 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1789 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse DUFRESNE was born 9 May 1712 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Thérèse DUFRESNE was the child of Guillaume DUFRESNE and Geneviève RUEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUFRESNE and Anne PATIN (maternal) Clement RUEL and Marguerite LECLERC

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

Thérèse married Charles MATHIEU 18 April 1735 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Charles MATHIEU was born 6 September 1708 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Charles died 5 May 1784 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of René MATHIEU and Geneviève ROUSSIN.

Thérèse DUFRESNE died 1 May 1789 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Thérèse DUFRESNE married

Charles MATHIEU-- Date: 18 April 1735 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Charles MATHIEU was the child of René MATHIEU and Geneviève ROUSSIN

Children:

Prisque Mathieu 1737 06 Dec 1755 m. Blanchet Marie-Marguerite

Augustin Mathieu 1738 08 Feb 1830 m. Blondeau Agathe, m. Fournier Marie-Ursule

Marie-Therese Mathieu 10 Aug 1741 21 Mar 1772 m. Duchesneau Jean-Baptiste

Genevieve Mathieu 02 Jul 1743 25 Mar 1795 m. DesTroisMaisons Louis-Marie

Monique Mathieu 04 Jun 1745 m. Cote Joseph

Charles Mathieu 20 May 1747 14 Apr 1800 m. Letourneau Marie-Charlotte

Francoise Mathieu 04 May 1749 m. Morin Charles

Rene-Isaac Mathieu 23 Oct 1751 m. Belanger Madeleine

Children of Charles MATHIEU and Thérèse DUFRESNE:

Prisque MATHIEU (b.abt. 1737, , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 December 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Marguerite BLANCHET 13 May 1754 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Augustin MATHIEU (b.abt. 1738, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 February 1830, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Ursule FOURNIER 19 November 1764 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thérèse MATHIEU (b.10 August 1741, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 21 March 1772, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada)

Geneviève MATHIEU (b.2 July 1743, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 25 March 1795, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

Monique MATHIEU (b.4 June 1745, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph COTE 5 November 1770 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Charles MATHIEU (b.20 May 1747, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1800, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU 1 February 1773 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Françoise MATHIEU (b.4 May 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. , )

René-Isaac MATHIEU (b.23 October 1751, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Madeleine BELANGER 16 June 1782 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1712 Birth
9 May 1712
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse DUFRESNE and Charles MATHIEU 18 April 1735, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse MATHIEU was born 10 August 1741, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 29 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Geneviève MATHIEU was born 2 July 1743, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 31 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Monique MATHIEU was born 4 June 1745, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 33 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Charles MATHIEU was born 20 May 1747, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 35 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Françoise MATHIEU was born 4 May 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 37 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
René-Isaac MATHIEU was born 23 October 1751, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Thérèse was 39 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Prisque MATHIEU married 13 May 1754, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Marie-Marguerite BLANCHET

1755 Death of Child
Prisque MATHIEU died 6 December 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 43 years old.

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Augustin MATHIEU married 19 November 1764, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Marie-Ursule FOURNIER

1770 Marriage of Child
Monique MATHIEU married 5 November 1770, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Joseph COTE

1772 Death of Child
Marie-Thérèse MATHIEU died 21 March 1772, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 59 years old.

1773 Marriage of Child
Charles MATHIEU married 1 February 1773, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Marie-Charlotte LETOURNEAU

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
René-Isaac MATHIEU married 16 June 1782, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Madeleine BELANGER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles MATHIEU died 5 May 1784, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1789 Death
1 May 1789
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 77.

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