Madeleine DESMARAIS

(b. 1 April 1723 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 13 January 1812 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine DESMARAIS was born 1 April 1723 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Madeleine DESMARAIS was the child of Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE and Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) and Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) (maternal) Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME

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

Madeleine married François BANLIER dit LAPERLE 2 October 1741 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François BANLIER dit LAPERLE was born 23 June 1715 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). François was the child of Jean-Baptiste BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Marie NEVEU (LENEVEU).

Madeleine DESMARAIS died 13 January 1812 in Varennes, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine DESMARAIS married

François BANLIER dit LAPERLE-- Date: 2 October 1741 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France
François BANLIER dit LAPERLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Marie NEVEU (LENEVEU)

Children of François BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Madeleine DESMARAIS:

Marie-Madeleine BANLIER dite LAPERLE (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Charles BEAUPRE 11 January 1790 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1723 Birth
1 April 1723
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DESMARAIS and François BANLIER dit LAPERLE 2 October 1741 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 18 years old.

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.

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
Marie-Madeleine BANLIER dite LAPERLE married 11 January 1790 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Charles BEAUPRE

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)