Madeleine CAPLET

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15 May 1752 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

18 January 1817 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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Pierre CAPLET Catherine LEFEBVRE

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Born: 15 May 1752 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre CAPLET

Mother: Catherine LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: Jean LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER , Reine MESNY

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Madeleine married Ignace CAMPEAU 18 November 1771 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace CAMPEAU was born 22 July 1737 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Ignace died 8 February 1825 in Saint-Benoît, Quebec, Canada. Ignace was the child of Paul CAMPEAU and Elisabeth FORTIER.

Madeleine CAPLET died 18 January 1817 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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Madeleine CAPLET married

Ignace CAMPEAU
Marriage date: 18 November 1771
Marriage place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Ignace CAMPEAU was the child of Paul CAMPEAU and Elisabeth FORTIER

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 — 1752
15 May 1752
Québec, 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
Madeleine CAPLET and Ignace CAMPEAU 18 November 1771, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

She was 19 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.