Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS

(b. 6 February 1723 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 24 October 1770 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS was born 6 February 1723 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS was the child of Jacques DESMARAIS and Marie-Louise PROVOST (PREVOST) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) and Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) (maternal) Eustache PROVOST (PREVOST) and Marie-Elisabeth GUERTIN

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Marie-Elisabeth married Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE 7 February 1746 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE was born 10 July 1718 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Jean-Baptiste died 14 October 1766 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Catherine MILLET.

Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS died 24 October 1770 in L'Assomption, 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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Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS married

Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE-- Date: 7 February 1746 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Catherine MILLET

Children of Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS:

Marie-Louise JANOT (b.29 December 1746, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 10 January 1817, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada)
m. Louis RIVET 28 September 1767 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Charlotte-Archange JANOT dite BELLEHUMEUR (b.17 July 1754, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Victoire JANOT dite LACHAPELLE (b.22 June 1759, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 30 November 1827, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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1723 Birth
6 February 1723
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS and Jean-Baptiste JANOT dit LACHAPELLE 7 February 1746 , Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise JANOT was born 29 December 1746, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie-Elisabeth was 23 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Charlotte-Archange JANOT dite BELLEHUMEUR was born 17 July 1754, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Elisabeth was 31 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire JANOT dite LACHAPELLE was born 22 June 1759, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Elisabeth was 36 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.