Marie-Jeanne HAREL

Born

1 March 1687 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

23 May 1769 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL Marie-Madeleine PESCHER

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Born: 1 March 1687 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL

Mother: Marie-Madeleine PESCHER

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

Marie-Jeanne married Jacques FORCIER 10 October 1706 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jacques FORCIER was born 10 February 1682 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Jacques died 5 June 1750 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jacques was the child of Pierre FORCIER and Marguerite GIRARD.

Marie-Jeanne HAREL died 23 May 1769 in Yamaska, 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 & Children of Marie-Jeanne HAREL

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Marie-Jeanne HAREL married

Jacques FORCIER
Marriage date: 10 October 1706
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jacques FORCIER was the child of Pierre FORCIER and Marguerite GIRARD

Marriage notes:

Marriage not found in Drouin Collection at Saint-Francois-du-Lac. Records are sparse for this timeframe.

PRDH does not have record of this marriage, however there are records of the baptisms of their children, the first one at Saint-Francois-du-Lac in 1711.

Jacques Forcier and Jeanne Harel

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Children of Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Jeanne HAREL

Marie-Charlotte FORCIER

Born: 23 July 1707 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 28 June 1744 , Yamaska, Canada, New France

Married: François MARET (MARETTE) dit RICHARD 8 January 1725 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre TESSIER 7 January 1732 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Jacques FORCIER

Born: 16 May 1709, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 14 January 1798, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Thérèse BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE 11 January 1734 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Married: Louise JOYAL 9 June 1756 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise FORCIER

Born: 26 May 1711 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 19 June 1790, , Québec Province, Canada

Pierre-Alexandre FORCIER

Born: 28 February 1713, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 10 November 1793 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Jerome-Perronne PATRY 24 January 1746 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise BASTIEN 16 August 1763 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jean-Philippe FORCIER

Born: 19 September 1715 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Geneviève FORCIER

Born: 19 November 1717 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Ignace TESSIER 7 January 1732 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph FORCIER

Born: 4 April 1720 , Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 31 January 1777, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Agathe-Veronique PETIT 16 May 1740 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Married: Isabelle-Élisabeth HÉBERT dite LENOIR 1 February 1768 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

François FORCIER

Born: 19 April 1724 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 16 March 1781, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Geneviève GIGUERE 12 February 1748 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marguerite FORCIER

Born: 14 May 1727 , Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 28 September 1798, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Olivier-François NADEAU 3 April 1742 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre FORCIER

Born: January 1729, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 15 August 1730, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Catherine FORCIER

Born: abt. 1732, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite FORCIER

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

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Birth — 1687
1 March 1687
Champlain, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne HAREL - 1687 Baptism Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain

1687 Baptism Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1706 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne HAREL and Jacques FORCIER 10 October 1706, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte FORCIER was born 23 July 1707 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 20 years old.

1709 Birth of Child
Jacques FORCIER was born 16 May 1709, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 22 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise FORCIER was born 26 May 1711 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 24 years old.

1713 Birth of Child
Pierre-Alexandre FORCIER was born 28 February 1713, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Jeanne was 26 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1715 Birth of Child
Jean-Philippe FORCIER was born 19 September 1715 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 28 years old.

1717 Birth of Child
Geneviève FORCIER was born 19 November 1717 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 30 years old.

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

1720 Birth of Child
Joseph FORCIER was born 4 April 1720 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Jeanne was 33 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
François FORCIER was born 19 April 1724 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 37 years old.

1725 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte FORCIER married 8 January 1725, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to François MARET (MARETTE) dit RICHARD

1727 Birth of Child
Marguerite FORCIER was born 14 May 1727 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Jeanne was 40 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Pierre FORCIER was born January 1729, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 41 years old.

1732 Marriage of Child
Geneviève FORCIER married 7 January 1732 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Ignace TESSIER

1732 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte FORCIER married 7 January 1732, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Pierre TESSIER

1734 Marriage of Child
Jacques FORCIER married 11 January 1734, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marie-Thérèse BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE

1740 Marriage of Child
Joseph FORCIER married 16 May 1740 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Agathe-Veronique PETIT

1742 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FORCIER married 3 April 1742, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Olivier-François NADEAU

1744 Death of Child
Marie-Charlotte FORCIER died 28 June 1744 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Jeanne was 57 years old.

1746 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Alexandre FORCIER married 24 January 1746, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Marie-Jerome-Perronne PATRY

1748 Marriage of Child
François FORCIER married 12 February 1748 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Geneviève GIGUERE

1750 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques FORCIER died 5 June 1750, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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

1756 Marriage of Child
Jacques FORCIER married 9 June 1756, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Louise JOYAL

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Alexandre FORCIER married 16 August 1763 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise BASTIEN

1768 Marriage of Child
Joseph FORCIER married 1 February 1768, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Isabelle-Élisabeth HÉBERT dite LENOIR

Death — 1769
23 May 1769
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 82.

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