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Marguerite DUMAS

(b. 28 April 1723 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1793 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite DUMAS was born 28 April 1723 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite DUMAS was the child of François DUMAS and Marie-Jeanne ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUMAS and Marguerite FOY (maternal) Gabriel ROULEAU and Jeanne DUFRESNE

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Marguerite married Joseph LABRECQUE 14 October 1743 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children. Joseph LABRECQUE was born 22 October 1721 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 29 March 1807 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE.

Marguerite DUMAS died 21 May 1793 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada .
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Marguerite DUMAS

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Marguerite DUMAS married

Joseph LABRECQUE-- Date: 14 October 1743 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Joseph LABRECQUE was the child of Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE

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Children of Joseph LABRECQUE and Marguerite DUMAS:

Jacques-Philippe LABRECQUE (b.25 July 1744, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1815, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine BLAIS 28 April 1778 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Louis LABRECQUE (b.24 June 1746, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 6 September 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )

Joseph LABRECQUE (b.31 March 1748, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 23 January 1814, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

Laurent LABRECQUE (b.31 January 1750, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1755, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )

Jean-Francois LABRECQUE (b.27 April 1752, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )

Marguerite LABRECQUE (b.31 July 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1831, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste GOSSELIN 24 November 1778 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LABRECQUE (b.13 September 1756, La Durantaye, Canada, New France d. 13 August 1834, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )

Marie LABRECQUE (b.9 May 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 14 November 1759, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )

Pierre LABRECQUE (b.20 May 1763, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 July 1852, St-Raphaël, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada)

Marie LABRECQUE (b.10 August 1765, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Francois LABRECQUE (b.19 June 1771, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 June 1771, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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1723 Birth
28 April 1723
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1743 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DUMAS and Joseph LABRECQUE 14 October 1743 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 20 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Jacques-Philippe LABRECQUE was born 25 July 1744, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 21 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Louis LABRECQUE was born 24 June 1746, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Marguerite was 23 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Joseph LABRECQUE was born 31 March 1748, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Laurent LABRECQUE was born 31 January 1750, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 26 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois LABRECQUE was born 27 April 1752, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 29 years old.

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

1754 Death of Child
Jean-Francois LABRECQUE died 26 March 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 30 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marguerite LABRECQUE was born 31 July 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 31 years old.

1755 Death of Child
Laurent LABRECQUE died 28 October 1755, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 32 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LABRECQUE was born 13 September 1756, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 33 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marie LABRECQUE was born 9 May 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1758 Death of Child
Louis LABRECQUE died 6 September 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1759 Death of Child
Marie LABRECQUE died 14 November 1759, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 36 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Pierre LABRECQUE was born 20 May 1763, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 40 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie LABRECQUE was born 10 August 1765, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 42 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Francois LABRECQUE was born 19 June 1771, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 48 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.