Thomas MORIN

Born

21 August 1722 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

8 April 1781 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MORIN Marie-Angélique LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

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Born: 21 August 1722 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste MORIN

Mother: Marie-Angélique LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Andre MORIN , Marguerite MOREAU

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT) , Marguerite BADEAU (BADAULT)

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Thomas married Marguerite-Veronique PARENT 30 September 1743 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Veronique PARENT was born 15 December 1721 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marguerite-Veronique died 30 January 1801 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite-Veronique was the child of Étienne PARENT and Simone-Barbe BRASSARD.

Thomas MORIN died 8 April 1781 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

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Marguerite-Veronique PARENT
Marriage date: 30 September 1743
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marguerite-Veronique PARENT was the child of Étienne PARENT and Simone-Barbe BRASSARD

Children of Thomas MORIN and Marguerite-Veronique PARENT

Marguerite MORIN

Born: abt. 1748, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 October 1775 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jacques SIMARD 28 October 1765 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1722
21 August 1722
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Thomas MORIN and Marguerite-Veronique PARENT 30 September 1743 , Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 21 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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MORIN married 28 October 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jacques SIMARD

1775 Death of Child
Marguerite MORIN died 23 October 1775 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 53 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.