Marguerite-Veronique PARENT

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15 December 1721 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

30 January 1801 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Étienne PARENT Simone-Barbe BRASSARD

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Born: 15 December 1721 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Étienne PARENT

Mother: Simone-Barbe BRASSARD

Paternal grandparents: Michel PARENT , Jeanne CHEVALIER

Maternal grandparents: Louis BRASSARD , Simone MAUFAY

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Marguerite-Veronique married Thomas MORIN 30 September 1743 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas MORIN was born 21 August 1722 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Thomas died 8 April 1781 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Thomas was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Angélique LEREAU (L'HERAULT).

Marguerite-Veronique PARENT died 30 January 1801 in Montréal, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Marguerite-Veronique PARENT married

Thomas MORIN
Marriage date: 30 September 1743
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Thomas MORIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Angélique LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

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 — 1721
15 December 1721
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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

She 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)

Marguerite-Veronique 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.