Catherine SICARD

Born

12 October 1727 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

9 December 1811 , Longueuil, Lower Canada

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Simon SICARD Angélique DESAUTELS

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Born: 12 October 1727 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Simon SICARD

Mother: Angélique DESAUTELS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Simon SICARD , Catherine LAUZON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DESAUTELS , Angélique THUILLIER

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Catherine married Joseph-Louis VANDANDAIGUE 11 October 1750 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Louis VANDANDAIGUE was born 19 May 1725 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Joseph-Louis died 13 August 1799 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire). Joseph-Louis was the child of Claude VANDANDAIGUE and Marie BRIDEAU.

Catherine SICARD died 9 December 1811 in Longueuil, 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 SICARD married

Joseph-Louis VANDANDAIGUE
Marriage date: 11 October 1750
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Joseph-Louis VANDANDAIGUE was the child of Claude VANDANDAIGUE and Marie BRIDEAU

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Sault-au-Recollet

Children of Joseph-Louis VANDANDAIGUE and Catherine SICARD

Marie-Catherine VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS

Born: abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre LAJEUNESSE 11 April 1768 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Josephte VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS

Born: 3 November 1759, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 19 February 1844, Longueuil, Canada East

Married: Antoine DUMAS 15 February 1779 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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Birth — 1727
12 October 1727
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Catherine SICARD and Joseph-Louis VANDANDAIGUE 11 October 1750 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 23 years old.

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

1759 Birth of Child
Josephte VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS was born 3 November 1759, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Catherine was 32 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS married 11 April 1768, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Pierre LAJEUNESSE

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Josephte VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS married 15 February 1779, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Antoine DUMAS

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)