Brigitte DESBIENS

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4 August 1728 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Died

26 December 1810 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Étienne DESBIENS Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

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Born: 4 August 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Father: Étienne DESBIENS

Mother: Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Étienne DESBIENS , Marie CAMPEAU

Maternal grandparents: Louis TREMBLAY , Marie PERRON dite SUIRE

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Brigitte married François LAJOIE 18 November 1748 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
François LAJOIE was born abt. 1725 in France. François died 28 July 1759 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Brigitte DESBIENS died 26 December 1810 in Les Éboulements, 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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François LAJOIE
Marriage date: 18 November 1748
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Children of François LAJOIE and Brigitte DESBIENS

François LAJOIE

Born: 25 September 1749, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France
Died: 13 September 1821, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Thérèse BOUCHARD 4 November 1772 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis LAJOIE

Born: 6 June 1751, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France
Died: 16 December 1808, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Married: Thecle BOUCHARD 9 August 1774 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Etienne LAJOIE

Born: 20 April 1754, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France
Died: 3 June 1781, La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Sophie SIMARD 3 February 1777 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Felicite LAJOIE

Born: 25 March 1756, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France
Died: 4 May 1820, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Godefroy TREMBLAY 24 April 1775 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Brigitte LAJOIE

Born: abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 17 August 1836, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Married: François GAGNON 14 October 1776 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1728
4 August 1728
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte DESBIENS and François LAJOIE 18 November 1748, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 20 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
François LAJOIE was born 25 September 1749, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Brigitte was 21 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Louis LAJOIE was born 6 June 1751, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Brigitte was 22 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Etienne LAJOIE was born 20 April 1754, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Brigitte was 25 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite LAJOIE was born 25 March 1756, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Brigitte was 27 years old.

1759 Death of Spouse/Partner
François LAJOIE died 28 July 1759, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1772 Marriage of Child
François LAJOIE married 4 November 1772, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Thérèse BOUCHARD

1774 Marriage of Child
Louis LAJOIE married 9 August 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Thecle BOUCHARD

1775 Marriage of Child
Marie-Felicite LAJOIE married 24 April 1775, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Godefroy TREMBLAY

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 of Child
Brigitte LAJOIE married 14 October 1776, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to François GAGNON

1777 Marriage of Child
Etienne LAJOIE married 3 February 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Sophie SIMARD

1781 Death of Child
Etienne LAJOIE died 3 June 1781, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Brigitte was 52 years old.

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

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

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

1808 Death of Child
Louis LAJOIE died 16 December 1808, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Brigitte was 80 years old.

Death — 1810
26 December 1810
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 82.

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