Pierre BLAIS

(b. 14 October 1721 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 11 July 1793 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BLAIS was born 14 October 1721 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Pierre BLAIS was the child of Pierre BLAIS and Elisabeth BILODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BLAIS and Françoise BEAUDOIN (maternal) Antoine BILODEAU and Geneviève TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

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Pierre married Marguerite MORIN 18 February 1748 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite MORIN was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 14 March 1777 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre-Noel MORIN and Thérèse PELLETIER.

Pierre BLAIS died 11 July 1793 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada.

m. Morin Marguerite

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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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Pierre BLAIS married

Marguerite MORIN-- Date: 18 February 1748 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marguerite MORIN was the child of Pierre-Noel MORIN and Thérèse PELLETIER

Children of Pierre BLAIS and Marguerite MORIN:

Pierre-Noel BLAIS (b.25 April 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1806, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada )

Marguerite BLAIS (b.19 June 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 1 November 1825, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

Joseph BLAIS (b.9 April 1753, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1808, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique ROUTHIER 10 October 1774 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie-Louise BLAIS (b.18 June 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1831, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

Alexis BLAIS (b.15 January 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada d. 11 December 1821, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

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1721 Birth
14 October 1721
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BLAIS and Marguerite MORIN 18 February 1748, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 26 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Pierre-Noel BLAIS was born 25 April 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 27 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marguerite BLAIS was born 19 June 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 29 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Joseph BLAIS was born 9 April 1753, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 31 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BLAIS was born 18 June 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 33 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Alexis BLAIS was born 15 January 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 39 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Joseph BLAIS married 10 October 1774, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) to Angelique ROUTHIER

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.