Jean-Marie DROLET

Born

18 July 1723 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

7 July 1797 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada

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Pierre DROLET Catherine SAVARD

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Jean-Marie DROLET was born 18 July 1723 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Jean-Marie DROLET was the child of Pierre DROLET and Catherine SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DROLET and Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER) (maternal) Simon SAVARD and Françoise TELLIER

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Jean-Marie married Marie-Louise HAMEL 13 July 1744 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise HAMEL was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise died 15 October 1787 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jean HAMEL and Marie-Louise FISET.

Jean-Marie DROLET died 7 July 1797 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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
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Jean-Marie DROLET married

Marie-Louise HAMEL-- Date: 13 July 1744 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise HAMEL was the child of Jean HAMEL and Marie-Louise FISET

Children of Jean-Marie DROLET and Marie-Louise HAMEL

Pierre DROLET (b.10 September 1753, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1831, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)
m. Thérèse-Marguerite FAVRON 8 October 1770 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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1723 Birth
18 July 1723
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie DROLET and Marie-Louise HAMEL 13 July 1744, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 21 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Pierre DROLET was born 10 September 1753, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie was 30 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 Marriage of Child
Pierre DROLET married 8 October 1770, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Thérèse-Marguerite FAVRON

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.