Ignace CAMPEAU

Born

22 July 1737 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

8 February 1825 , Saint-Benoît, Quebec, Canada

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Paul CAMPEAU Elisabeth FORTIER

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Born: 22 July 1737 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Paul CAMPEAU

Mother: Elisabeth FORTIER

Paternal grandparents: François CAMPEAU , Madeleine BROSSARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Noël FORTIER , Anne LECLERC

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Ignace married Madeleine CAPLET 18 November 1771 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine CAPLET was born 15 May 1752 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Madeleine died 18 January 1817 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Pierre CAPLET and Catherine LEFEBVRE.

Ignace CAMPEAU died 8 February 1825 in Saint-Benoît, Quebec, 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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Madeleine CAPLET
Marriage date: 18 November 1771
Marriage place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine CAPLET was the child of Pierre CAPLET and Catherine LEFEBVRE

Children of Ignace CAMPEAU and Madeleine CAPLET

Marie-Josephte CAMPEAU

Born: 20 February 1790, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 19 July 1851, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada

Married: Louis LEMIEUX 6 February 1809 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1737
22 July 1737
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Ignace CAMPEAU and Madeleine CAPLET 18 November 1771, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 34 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.