Marie DUMESNIL

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9 July 1723 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

21 August 1794 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Pierre DUMESNIL Marguerite LAVALLEE dite BRETEL

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Born: 9 July 1723 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre DUMESNIL

Mother: Marguerite LAVALLEE dite BRETEL

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DUMESNIL , Catherine GODIN

Maternal grandparents: François FRANCOEUR dit LAVALLEE , Marie-Madeleine ST-JEAN dite LAVALLEE

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Marie married François MOITIE 14 November 1741 in Fort-St-Frederic, Beauharnois, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François MOITIE was born abt. 1717 in France. François died 2 June 1782 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly).

Marie DUMESNIL died 21 August 1794 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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François MOITIE
Marriage date: 14 November 1741
Marriage place: Fort-St-Frederic, Beauharnois, Canada

Children of François MOITIE and Marie DUMESNIL

Françoise MOITIE

Born: abt. 1742, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 October 1828, Napierville, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste OLIGNY 18 February 1759 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie Louise MOITIE

Born: 3 October 1752, Fort-St-Frédéric, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste GADOIS 13 September 1784 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1723
9 July 1723
Québec, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marie DUMESNIL and François MOITIE 14 November 1741, Fort-St-Frederic, Beauharnois, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie Louise MOITIE was born 3 October 1752, Fort-St-Frédéric, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Marie was 29 years old.

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

1759 Marriage of Child
Françoise MOITIE married 18 February 1759 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean-Baptiste OLIGNY

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.

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.

1782 Death of Spouse/Partner
François MOITIE died 2 June 1782, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marie Louise MOITIE married 13 September 1784 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste GADOIS

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

Death — 1794
21 August 1794
Montréal, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 71.

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