Elisabeth FOISY

(b. 17 January 1722 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1797 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Elisabeth FOISY was born 17 January 1722 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Elisabeth FOISY was the child of Antoine FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne LUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin FOISY and Madeleine BEAUDOIN (maternal) Jacques LUSSIER and Catherine CLERICE

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Elisabeth married Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE 26 February 1741 in Verchères, Canada, New France . Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE was born 15 May 1713 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Pierre died 21 September 1781 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Pierre was the child of Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Madeleine AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE.

Elisabeth FOISY died 4 February 1797 in Verchères, Lower Canada .

m. 6 February 1741 • St.Francois Xavier, Vercheres, Province of Quebec
Pierre Janot dit Lachapelle

m. 15 November 1751 • St.Francois Xavier, Vercheres, Province of Quebec
Louis Bosseau

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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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Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE-- Date: 26 February 1741 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE was the child of Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Madeleine AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE

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1722 Birth
17 January 1722
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth FOISY and Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE 26 February 1741, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 19 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.

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.