Alexis LEFRANCOIS

Born

8 December 1732 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Died

11 August 1816 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Charles LEFRANCOIS Veronique CANTIN (QUENTIN)

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Born: 8 December 1732 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Father: Charles LEFRANCOIS

Mother: Veronique CANTIN (QUENTIN)

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LEFRANCOIS , Anne-Cecile CARON

Maternal grandparents: Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) , Marie MATHIEU

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Alexis married Marie-Marguerite COTE 5 February 1759 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Marguerite COTE was born 14 November 1736 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France. Marie-Marguerite died 24 March 1810 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph COTE and Marie-Jeanne ROUSSIN.

Alexis LEFRANCOIS died 11 August 1816 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Alexis LEFRANCOIS married

Marie-Marguerite COTE
Marriage date: 5 February 1759
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite COTE was the child of Joseph COTE and Marie-Jeanne ROUSSIN

Children of Alexis LEFRANCOIS and Marie-Marguerite COTE

Madeleine LEFRANCOIS

Born: 7 January 1761, Château-Richer, Canada
Died: 11 November 1802, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LANCTOT 12 April 1790 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Isabelle LEFRANÇOIS

Born: abt. 1772, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph DUQUET 24 July 1815 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1732
8 December 1732
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Alexis LEFRANCOIS and Marie-Marguerite COTE 5 February 1759 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Madeleine LEFRANCOIS was born 7 January 1761, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Alexis was 28 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LEFRANCOIS married 12 April 1790, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LANCTOT

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Death of Child
Madeleine LEFRANCOIS died 11 November 1802, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Alexis was 69 years old.

1810 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Marguerite COTE died 24 March 1810, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1815 Marriage of Child
Isabelle LEFRANÇOIS married 24 July 1815, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Joseph DUQUET

Death — 1816
11 August 1816
La Prairie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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