Antoine LEMIRE

(b. 11 July 1734 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 24 January 1803 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Antoine LEMIRE was born 11 July 1734 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Antoine LEMIRE was the child of Jean-François LEMIRE and Françoise NIQUET dite MONTY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Pierre NIQUETTE dit MONTY and Marie LEFEBVRE

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Antoine married Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE 8 January 1758 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was born 21 September 1738 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève died 10 July 1804 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Geneviève was the child of Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MESSIER.

Antoine LEMIRE died 24 January 1803 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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Antoine LEMIRE married

Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE-- Date: 8 January 1758 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was the child of Louis CHEVREFILS and Marie-Anne MESSIER

Children of Antoine LEMIRE and Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE:

Genevieve LEMIRE (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 November 1816, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste PROULX 8 January 1781 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine LEMIRE (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 April 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe PROULX 31 March 1780 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marguerite LEMIRE (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Francois LEMIRE (b.22 April 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )

Charlotte LEMIRE (b.1 November 1774, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Elisabeth LEMIRE (b.23 October 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 October 1843, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )
m. Etienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE 6 May 1799 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1734 Birth
11 July 1734
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LEMIRE and Geneviève CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE 8 January 1758 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 23 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.

1770 Birth of Child
Francois LEMIRE was born 22 April 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine was 35 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEMIRE was born 1 November 1774, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine was 40 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LEMIRE was born 23 October 1777, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine was 43 years old.

1780 Marriage of Child
Antoine LEMIRE married 31 March 1780 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Josephe PROULX

1781 Marriage of Child
Genevieve LEMIRE married 8 January 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Jean-Baptiste PROULX

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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth LEMIRE married 6 May 1799, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Etienne POUJOT dit LESPERANCE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)