Agathe-Veronique PETIT

(b. 2 March 1716 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 20 March 1766 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Agathe-Veronique PETIT was born 2 March 1716 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Agathe-Veronique PETIT was the child of Pierre PETIT and Marguerite VERON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Étienne VERON and Marie MORAL

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

Agathe-Veronique never married Jean-Baptiste GODEFROY . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Jean-Baptiste GODEFROY was born 22 January 1694 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Amador GODEFROY and Françoise LEPELLE.

Agathe-Veronique married (2) Joseph FORCIER 16 May 1740 in Yamaska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children. Joseph FORCIER was born 4 April 1720 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Joseph died 31 January 1777 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Joseph was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Jeanne HAREL.

Agathe-Veronique PETIT died 20 March 1766 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Agathe-Veronique PETIT

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Agathe-Veronique PETIT never married

Jean-Baptiste GODEFROY-- Place:
Jean-Baptiste GODEFROY was the child of Amador GODEFROY and Françoise LEPELLE

NOTE: They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Jean-Baptiste GODEFROY and Agathe-Veronique PETIT:

Marie-Josephte GODEFROY dite ST-PAUL FORCIER (b.6 March 1738, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Antoine PETIT 18 February 1765 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Veronique PETIT married

Joseph FORCIER-- Date: 16 May 1740 Place: Yamaska, Canada, New France
Joseph FORCIER was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Jeanne HAREL

Children of Joseph FORCIER and Agathe-Veronique PETIT:

Marie-Agathe FORCIER (b.3 October 1740, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 23 January 1788, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph HIRAGUE 19 April 1762 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Geneviève FORCIER (b.28 March 1743, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1828, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Ignace HEBERT 1768 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Nicolas SYLVESTRE 19 August 1771 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Joseph FORCIER (b.10 October 1747, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louise JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN 22 August 1774 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
m. Dorothee MONDOU (MONDOUX) 23 April 1804 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre FORCIER (b.24 September 1752, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1822, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise LETENDRE 21 June 1779 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Catherine FORCIER (b.6 December 1754, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Antoine VALOIS 21 February 1775 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marguerite FORCIER (b.abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST dit JOLY 15 July 1777 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1716 Birth
2 March 1716
Yamaska, Canada, New France

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

1738 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GODEFROY dite ST-PAUL FORCIER was born 6 March 1738, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Agathe-Veronique was 22 years old.

1740 Marriage / Partner
Agathe-Veronique PETIT and Joseph FORCIER 16 May 1740 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 24 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe FORCIER was born 3 October 1740, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Veronique was 24 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève FORCIER was born 28 March 1743, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Veronique was 27 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Joseph FORCIER was born 10 October 1747, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Veronique was 31 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Pierre FORCIER was born 24 September 1752, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Veronique was 36 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine FORCIER was born 6 December 1754, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Veronique was 38 years old.

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1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Agathe FORCIER married 19 April 1762, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Joseph HIRAGUE

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GODEFROY dite ST-PAUL FORCIER married 18 February 1765, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Antoine PETIT