Marguerite ROBERT

Born

4 April 1720 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Died

27 September 1807 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Jacques ROBERT Jeanne DEMERS (DUMAIS)

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Born: 4 April 1720 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques ROBERT

Mother: Jeanne DEMERS (DUMAIS)

Paternal grandparents: Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE , Marie BOURGERIE

Maternal grandparents: Étienne DEMERS (DUMAIS) , Jeanne-Françoise MENARD

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Marguerite married Gilles BROUILLET 3 February 1739 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Gilles BROUILLET was born 1 September 1714 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Gilles died 1 April 1764 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Gilles was the child of Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE.

Marguerite ROBERT died 27 September 1807 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Gilles BROUILLET
Marriage date: 3 February 1739
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Gilles BROUILLET was the child of Gilles BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

Children of Gilles BROUILLET and Marguerite ROBERT

Marguerite BROUILLETTE (BROUILLET)

Born: 8 December 1739, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 21 October 1809, Chambly, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques-Marie PAPINEAU 3 February 1766 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET

Born: 17 May 1746, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 16 June 1827, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Françoise LARRIVÉE 22 January 1776 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Ursule BROUILLET

Born: 29 August 1748, Chambly, Canada, New France
Died: 9 June 1817, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

Married: Charles GALIPEAU 19 February 1770 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Marie-Josephe BROUILLET

Born: 30 June 1755, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 12 February 1819, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Married: Louis GAUDREAU dit CHAVAUDREUIL 8 May 1775 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Anne-Jeanne BROUILLET

Born: 22 November 1759, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 19 March 1848, Boucherville, Canada East

Married: Michel JETTE 9 February 1784 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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Birth — 1720
4 April 1720
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1739 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite ROBERT and Gilles BROUILLET 3 February 1739, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 18 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Marguerite BROUILLETTE (BROUILLET) was born 8 December 1739, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marguerite was 19 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET was born 17 May 1746, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marguerite was 26 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Ursule BROUILLET was born 29 August 1748, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marguerite was 28 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BROUILLET was born 30 June 1755, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Jeanne BROUILLET was born 22 November 1759, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marguerite was 39 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Gilles BROUILLET died 1 April 1764, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

1766 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BROUILLETTE (BROUILLET) married 3 February 1766, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Jacques-Marie PAPINEAU

1770 Marriage of Child
Ursule BROUILLET married 19 February 1770, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Charles GALIPEAU

1775 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe BROUILLET married 8 May 1775, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Louis GAUDREAU dit CHAVAUDREUIL

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET married 22 January 1776, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Marie-Françoise LARRIVÉE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne-Jeanne BROUILLET married 9 February 1784, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Michel JETTE

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

Death — 1807
27 September 1807
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 87.

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