Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER

Born

22 February 1753 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

20 June 1785 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Hyacinthe PELLETIER dit ANTAYA Marie-Catherine-Francoise LEFEBVRE

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Born: 22 February 1753 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Hyacinthe PELLETIER dit ANTAYA

Mother: Marie-Catherine-Francoise LEFEBVRE

Paternal grandparents: Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA , Françoise MENEUX dite CHATEAUNEUF

Maternal grandparents: Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Catherine DESROCHES

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Marie-Marguerite married François-Xavier GAGNON 12 February 1776 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . François-Xavier GAGNON was born 7 January 1734 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. François-Xavier died 9 November 1825 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. François-Xavier was the child of Pierre-Jean GAGNON and Marguerite MARQUET dite PERIGORD.

Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER died 20 June 1785 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER married

François-Xavier GAGNON
Marriage date: 12 February 1776
Marriage place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
François-Xavier GAGNON was the child of Pierre-Jean GAGNON and Marguerite MARQUET dite PERIGORD

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Birth — 1753
22 February 1753
Sorel, Canada, New France

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.

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 / Partner
Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER and François-Xavier GAGNON 12 February 1776, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

She was 22 years old.