Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Born

23 September 1738 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Died

24 May 1803 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Melchior BRISSET dit BEAUPRE Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON

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Born: 23 September 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Melchior BRISSET dit BEAUPRE

Mother: Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON

Paternal grandparents: Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE , Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents: Martin CASAUBON , Françoise LEPELÉ

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Marguerite married Vital NEVEU 8 January 1759 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Vital NEVEU was born 28 August 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Vital died 29 May 1803 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Vital was the child of Charles-Adrien NEVEU and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.

Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE) died 24 May 1803 in Berthierville, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Vital NEVEU
Marriage date: 8 January 1759
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Vital NEVEU was the child of Charles-Adrien NEVEU and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Children of Vital NEVEU and Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

Marie-Archange NEVEU

Born: 17 January 1771, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: May 23, 1820, Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Married: Charles-David GERMAIN dit BELISLE 6 February 1792 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1738
23 September 1738
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE) and Vital NEVEU 8 January 1759, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 20 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.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange NEVEU was born 17 January 1771, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marguerite was 32 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Archange NEVEU married 6 February 1792, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Charles-David GERMAIN dit BELISLE

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

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