Marguerite POIRIER

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22 March 1722 , Vaudreuil, Canada, New France

Died

31 October 1794 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES Marie-Josephte-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite SAGUINGOIRA

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Born: 22 March 1722 in Vaudreuil, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES

Mother: Marie-Josephte-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite SAGUINGOIRA

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA , Marie-Charlotte ROUSSEL

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT 21 November 1741 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT was born 17 March 1717 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Jean-Baptiste died 27 February 1790 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis-Charles SEDILOT and Jeanne SEBATIER.

Marguerite POIRIER died 31 October 1794 in Montréal, 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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Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT
Marriage date: 21 November 1741
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT was the child of Louis-Charles SEDILOT and Jeanne SEBATIER

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Marie-Josephte SEDILOT

Born: 15 March 1752, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 13 June 1841, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada East

Married: Antoine BOUDRIAS 3 July 1769 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Jacques-Marie MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT

Born: 9 April 1754, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 6 August 1798, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite MARCIL 6 September 1779 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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Birth — 1722
22 March 1722
Vaudreuil, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite POIRIER and Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT 21 November 1741, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 19 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte SEDILOT was born 15 March 1752, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite was 30 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Jacques-Marie MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT was born 9 April 1754, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite was 32 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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte SEDILOT married 3 July 1769, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Antoine BOUDRIAS

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Jacques-Marie MONTREUIL dit SEDILOT married 6 September 1779, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Marguerite MARCIL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT died 27 February 1790, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

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

Death — 1794
31 October 1794
Montréal, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 72.

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