Thérèse MERCIER

Born

22 February 1727 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Died

18 February 1780 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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Antoine MERCIER Claudine-Angélique MILLIET (MILLETTE)

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Born: 22 February 1727 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine MERCIER

Mother: Claudine-Angélique MILLIET (MILLETTE)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre MERCIER , Marguerite LAMAIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MILLET , Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

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Thérèse married Joseph-Louis MASSON 14 February 1751 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Louis MASSON was born 27 October 1729 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Louis died 21 April 1787 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph-Louis was the child of Jean-François MASSON and Louise PARÉ.

Thérèse MERCIER died 18 February 1780 in Berthierville, 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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Thérèse MERCIER married

Joseph-Louis MASSON
Marriage date: 14 February 1751
Marriage place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Joseph-Louis MASSON was the child of Jean-François MASSON and Louise PARÉ

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Augustin MASSON

Born: 24 July 1766, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 19 November 1818 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1727
22 February 1727
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse MERCIER and Joseph-Louis MASSON 14 February 1751 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 23 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Augustin MASSON was born 24 July 1766, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 39 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.