Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE)

Born

2 December 1749 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

5 September 1825 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DUPRAT (PRATTE)Marie-Claire BOUTON

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Born: 2 December 1749 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DUPRAT (PRATTE)

Mother: Marie-Claire BOUTON

Paternal grandparents: Jean DUPRAS (DUPRAT) , Marie-Elisabeth MARCHAND

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOUTON , Marthe FRECHET

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Marie-Josephte married Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU 8 June 1775 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU was born 3 January 1747 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 10 December 1807 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Louis CREVIER dit DESCHENAUX and Catherine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ.

Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE) died 5 September 1825 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE) married

Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU
Marriage date: 8 June 1775
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU was the child of Louis CREVIER dit DESCHENAUX and Catherine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

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Birth — 1749
2 December 1749
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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

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.

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Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE) and Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU 8 June 1775, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.

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.