flag female ancestor  Marie-Louise  BROSSEAU

  (b. 29 May 1773 La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 24 November 1855 Napierville, Canada East )  

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Marie-Louise BROSSEAU was born 29 May 1773 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise BROSSEAU was the child of Louis BROSSEAU   and   Marie-Louise FRECHETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François BROSSEAU and Marie-Josephte-Suzanne LEBER (maternal)  Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne GUILLOT

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Marie-Louise  married  Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE 4 February 1793 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE  was born 14 August 1769 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Louis died 24 August 1805 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Louis was the child of Jean-Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE and Madeleine LEFEBVRE.

Marie-Louise BROSSEAU died 24 November 1855 in Napierville, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Louise BROSSEAU married flag male ancestor Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE-- Date: 4 February 1793 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE was the child of Jean-Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE and Madeleine LEFEBVRE




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birth1773 Birth
29 May 1773
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1793 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise BROSSEAU and Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE 4 February 1793, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 19 years old.
1797 Birth of Child
Catherine LERIGER dite LAPLANTE was born 3 June 1797, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Louise was 24 years old.
1805 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis LERIGER dit LAPLANTE died 24 August 1805, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
marriage1813 Marriage of Child
Catherine LERIGER dite LAPLANTE married 25 October 1813, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Simeon LAREAU
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1855 Death
24 November 1855
Napierville, Canada East

She died at the age of 82.
Added: 3/21/2017 8:07:40 PM - Updated: 1/15/2026 1:06:17 PM

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