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Birth — 1744 23 February 1744 Beaumont, Canada, New France
1763 Marriage / Partner Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU 19 September 1763, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
He was 19 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.
1768 Birth of Child Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was born 16 May 1768, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
Gabriel was 24 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.
1786 Marriage of Child Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS married 16 May 1786 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste FORTIER
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
Gabriel
DUQUET
Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU
Birth — 1744
1763 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 — 1797
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