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Catherine ROULEAU

(b. 29 July 1716 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 June 1777 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Catherine ROULEAU was born 29 July 1716 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Catherine ROULEAU was the child of Gabriel ROULEAU and Catherine ROULOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel ROULEAU (ROULEAUX) and Mathurine LEROUX (maternal) Michel ROULOIS and Catherine DROUIN

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

Catherine married Louis TREMBLAY 3 February 1739 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Louis TREMBLAY was born 20 January 1709 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Louis died 12 June 1780 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Helene-Agathe LACROIX.

Catherine ROULEAU died 4 June 1777 in Charlesbourg, Québec, 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Catherine ROULEAU

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Catherine ROULEAU married

Louis TREMBLAY-- Date: 3 February 1739 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Louis TREMBLAY was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Helene-Agathe LACROIX

Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Catherine ROULEAU:

Louis-Augustin TREMBLAY (b.1 March 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 11 February 1814, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve SIMARD 18 February 1765 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.3 March 1745, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 10 March 1811, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine BEDARD 2 March 1772 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY (b.2 May 1747, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )

Francois TREMBLAY (b.2 April 1749, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY (b.29 April 1751, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 August 1751, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France)

Thecle TREMBLAY (b.25 March 1753, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1788, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Eustache BOURBEAU 12 January 1778 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Marie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste-Romain GAUVIN 21 June 1773 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1716 Birth
29 July 1716
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Catherine ROULEAU and Louis TREMBLAY 3 February 1739, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Louis-Augustin TREMBLAY was born 1 March 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 23 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 3 March 1745, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 28 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY was born 2 May 1747, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 30 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Francois TREMBLAY was born 2 April 1749, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 32 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY was born 29 April 1751, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 34 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Thecle TREMBLAY was born 25 March 1753, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 36 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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Louis-Augustin TREMBLAY married 18 February 1765, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Genevieve SIMARD

1772 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 2 March 1772, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Catherine BEDARD

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie TREMBLAY married 21 June 1773, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean-Baptiste-Romain GAUVIN

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.