Michel HÉBERT

(b. 28 September 1731 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1797 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Michel HÉBERT was born 28 September 1731 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Michel HÉBERT was the child of Leger HÉBERT and Marie-Charlotte CANTARA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Leger HÉBERT and Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN (maternal) Bernardin CANTARA dit DESLAURIERS and Petronille DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS 18 February 1760 in Yamaska, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS was born 1 March 1739 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Angélique-Jeanne was the child of Michel DUMAS and Jeanne-Thérèse PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO).

Michel HÉBERT died 25 February 1797 in Yamaska, 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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Michel HÉBERT married

Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS-- Date: 18 February 1760 Place: Yamaska, Canada
Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS was the child of Michel DUMAS and Jeanne-Thérèse PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO)

Children of Michel HÉBERT and Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS:

Michel-Pierre HÉBERT (b.30 November 1774, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 March 1851, Yamaska, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anne DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS 22 October 1792 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1731 Birth
28 September 1731
Yamaska, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Michel HÉBERT and Angélique-Jeanne DUMAS 18 February 1760, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He 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.

1774 Birth of Child
Michel-Pierre HÉBERT was born 30 November 1774, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 43 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Michel-Pierre HÉBERT married 22 October 1792, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marie-Anne DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS

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