Marc LAURENCE

Born

11 October 1749 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Died

10 September 1817 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LAURENCE Marie-Josephe BOURDON

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Born: 11 October 1749 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste LAURENCE

Mother: Marie-Josephe BOURDON

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas LAURENCE , Marie-Madeleine MIGNERON

Maternal grandparents: Ignace BOURDON , Jeanne CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE

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Marc married Cecile RIEL 19 November 1781 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . Cecile RIEL was born 10 February 1758 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . Cecile died 26 February 1805 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Cecile was the child of Marc-Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Madeleine QUINTIN.

Marc LAURENCE died 10 September 1817 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .
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Marc LAURENCE married

Cecile RIEL
Marriage date: 19 November 1781
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Cecile RIEL was the child of Marc-Antoine RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Madeleine QUINTIN

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1749
11 October 1749
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Marc LAURENCE and Cecile RIEL 19 November 1781, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 32 years old.

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)

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

1805 Death of Spouse/Partner
Cecile RIEL died 26 February 1805, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Death — 1817
10 September 1817
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 67.

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