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Birth — 1729 26 May 1729 Québec, Canada, New France
1752 Marriage / Partner Marie-Catherine AMIOT and Andre CHARAUX (CHAROUX) dit LALIBERTE 15 May 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1757 Birth of Child Charles-Andre CHARAUX (CHAROUX) dit LALIBERTE was born 9 March 1757, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Catherine was 27 years old.
1760 Birth of Child Marie-Catherine CHARAUX was born 5 July 1760, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marie-Catherine was 31 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.
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 Marriage of Child Marie-Catherine CHARAUX married 11 February 1782, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste BENOIT
1783 Marriage of Child Charles-Andre CHARAUX (CHAROUX) dit LALIBERTE married 3 March 1783, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Agathe BALTHAZAR dite ST-MARTIN
Marie-Catherine
AMIOT
Andre CHARAUX (CHAROUX) dit LALIBERTE
Birth — 1729
1752 Marriage / Partner
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.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
Death — 1796
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