Marie-Ursule LEDROIT

(b. 24 June 1742 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 21 October 1834 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Ursule LEDROIT was born 24 June 1742 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Marie-Ursule LEDROIT was the child of François LEDROIT and Marie-Charlotte BOUVIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre BOUVIER and Marie MEUNIER

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

Marie-Ursule married François RIVARD 23 October 1763 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François RIVARD was born 21 March 1744 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). François died 14 April 1819 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). François was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAGLANDERIE and Geneviève TOUTANT.

Marie-Ursule LEDROIT died 21 October 1834 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, 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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Marie-Ursule LEDROIT married

François RIVARD-- Date: 23 October 1763 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
François RIVARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAGLANDERIE and Geneviève TOUTANT

Children of François RIVARD and Marie-Ursule LEDROIT:

Ursule RIVARD (b.6 October 1768, Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 June 1845, Yamachiche, Canada East )
m. André GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) 27 September 1790 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1742 Birth
24 June 1742
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Ursule LEDROIT and François RIVARD 23 October 1763, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 21 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Ursule RIVARD was born 6 October 1768, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Marie-Ursule was 26 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)

1790 Marriage of Child
Ursule RIVARD married 27 September 1790 , Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to André GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN)

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.