Marguerite LAROCHE

Born

2 January 1693 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

18 May 1771 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean LAROCHE Marie-Madeleine LEREAU

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Born: 2 January 1693 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Jean LAROCHE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine LEREAU

Maternal grandparents: Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) , Suzanne JAROUSSEL

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS 22 August 1718 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS was born 1683 in St-Germain-de-Navarrenx, Bearns, France. Jean-Baptiste died 21 December 1756 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).

Marguerite LAROCHE died 18 May 1771 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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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Marguerite LAROCHE married

Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS
Marriage date: 22 August 1718
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS and Marguerite LAROCHE

Marie-Josephe-Marguerite DESNOYERS

Born: abt. 1719, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste BAILLARGEON 1 May 1758 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS

Born: 25 March 1720, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 4 May 1792, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Anne GAUDREAU 13 October 1755 Place: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

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Birth — 1693
2 January 1693
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LAROCHE and Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS 22 August 1718, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 25 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS was born 25 March 1720, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite was 27 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS married 13 October 1755, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Anne GAUDREAU

1756 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS died 21 December 1756, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1758 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe-Marguerite DESNOYERS married 1 May 1758 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste BAILLARGEON

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.

Death — 1771
18 May 1771
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 78.

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