Thérèse DESROCHES (DESROCHERS)

Born

21 June 1707 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Died

26 May 1785 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre DESROCHES Marie BEAUDRY

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Born: 21 June 1707 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Father: Pierre DESROCHES

Mother: Marie BEAUDRY

Paternal grandparents: Jean DESROCHES , Françoise GAUDET

Maternal grandparents: Toussaint BEAUDRY , Barbe BARBIER

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Thérèse married Joseph LAMOUREUX 8 March 1734 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LAMOUREUX was born 21 June 1704 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAMOUREUX and Marie GAREAU.

Thérèse DESROCHES (DESROCHERS) died 26 May 1785 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Thérèse DESROCHES (DESROCHERS) married

Joseph LAMOUREUX
Marriage date: 8 March 1734
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Joseph LAMOUREUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAMOUREUX and Marie GAREAU

Children of Joseph LAMOUREUX and Thérèse DESROCHES (DESROCHERS)

Joseph LAMOUREAUX

Born: 14 December 1738, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Josephe GELINEAU dite DANIEL 21 September 1761 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

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Birth — 1707
21 June 1707
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse DESROCHES (DESROCHERS) and Joseph LAMOUREUX 8 March 1734 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 26 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Joseph LAMOUREAUX was born 14 December 1738, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Thérèse was 31 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Joseph LAMOUREAUX married 21 September 1761, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Josephe GELINEAU dite DANIEL

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.

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.