Marie-Anne DRAPEAU

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24 January 1734 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Died

30 November 1808 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Pierre DRAPEAU Marie-Anne LACROIX

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Born: 24 January 1734 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre DRAPEAU

Mother: Marie-Anne LACROIX

Paternal grandparents: Antoine DRAPEAU , Marie-Charlotte JOLY

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-David LACROIX , Marie-Barthélémie MAILLOUX

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Marie-Anne married Mathurin BIDEAU dit PORTUGAIS 31 January 1757 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Mathurin BIDEAU dit PORTUGAIS was born 23 December 1723 in Louannec, Côtes-d'Armor, France. Mathurin died 18 November 1793 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada.

Marie-Anne DRAPEAU died 30 November 1808 in Québec, 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-Anne DRAPEAU married

Mathurin BIDEAU dit PORTUGAIS
Marriage date: 31 January 1757
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Marie-Anne BIDEAU dite PORTUGAL

Born: 13 November 1757, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Mathias BALARD (BALLARD) 23 November 1779 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Catherine BIDEAU dite PORTUGAIS

Born: 24 May 1762, Saint-Vallier, Canada
Died: 19 November 1799, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: John Christian BECKER 7 January 1783 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Theotiste PORTUGAIS dite BIDEAU

Born: 18 January 1772, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles ROBITAILLE 11 February 1793 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1734
24 January 1734
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne DRAPEAU and Mathurin BIDEAU dit PORTUGAIS 31 January 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 23 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BIDEAU dite PORTUGAL was born 13 November 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Anne was 23 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Catherine BIDEAU dite PORTUGAIS was born 24 May 1762, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne 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.

1772 Birth of Child
Theotiste PORTUGAIS dite BIDEAU was born 18 January 1772, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Anne was 38 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BIDEAU dite PORTUGAL married 23 November 1779, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Mathias BALARD (BALLARD)

1783 Marriage of Child
Catherine BIDEAU dite PORTUGAIS married 7 January 1783, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to John Christian BECKER

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

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Theotiste PORTUGAIS dite BIDEAU married 11 February 1793, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Charles ROBITAILLE

1793 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathurin BIDEAU dit PORTUGAIS died 18 November 1793, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

1799 Death of Child
Catherine BIDEAU dite PORTUGAIS died 19 November 1799, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie-Anne was 65 years old.

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

Death — 1808
30 November 1808
Québec, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 74.