Catherine LEFEBVRE

(b. 5 May 1717 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 6 August 1794 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Catherine LEFEBVRE was born 5 May 1717 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Catherine LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Reine MESNY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Ursule ARCULAR (maternal) Étienne MESNY and Catherine LAÎNÉ

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

Catherine married Pierre CAPLET 8 February 1740 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre CAPLET was born 5 February 1709 in France.

Catherine LEFEBVRE died 6 August 1794 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Catherine LEFEBVRE married

Pierre CAPLET-- Date: 8 February 1740 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France

Children of Pierre CAPLET and Catherine LEFEBVRE:

Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE (b.24 December 1741, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 September 1809, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE 20 August 1770 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Madeleine CAPLET (b.15 May 1752, Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 January 1817, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Ignace CAMPEAU 18 November 1771 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1717 Birth
5 May 1717
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Catherine LEFEBVRE and Pierre CAPLET 8 February 1740, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 22 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE was born 24 December 1741, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Catherine was 24 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Madeleine CAPLET was born 15 May 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Catherine was 35 years old.

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE married 20 August 1770, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE

1771 Marriage of Child
Madeleine CAPLET married 18 November 1771, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Ignace CAMPEAU

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.