Ignace LETOURNEAU

Born

13 March 1718 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

15 August 1787 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: 13 March 1718 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Parents of Ignace LETOURNEAU

Father

Louis LÉTOURNEAU

Mother

Anne BLOUIN

Grandparents of Ignace LETOURNEAU

Paternal grandparents

David LÉTOURNEAU Françoise CHAPELAIN

Maternal grandparents

Mery (Mederic) (Emery) BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE Marie CARREAU

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

Ignace married Marguerite COUTURE 20 July 1744 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite COUTURE was born 1 November 1723 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Marguerite died 26 November 1761 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Guillaume-Jean-Baptiste COUTURE and Marguerite LECLERC.

Ignace married (2) Marie-Francoise LEBLONDE 27 July 1762 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada . Marie-Francoise LEBLONDE was born 6 September 1726 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Marie-Francoise died 3 May 1806 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada. Marie-Francoise was the child of Nicolas LEBLONDE and Françoise AMAURY dite MORILLE.

Ignace LETOURNEAU died 15 August 1787 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Ignace LETOURNEAU

Ignace LETOURNEAU married

Marguerite COUTURE
Marriage date: 20 July 1744
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marguerite COUTURE was the child of Guillaume-Jean-Baptiste COUTURE and Marguerite LECLERC

Children of Ignace LETOURNEAU and Marguerite COUTURE

Marguerite LETOURNEAU

Born: 26 March 1753, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 28 January 1822, Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Married: Etienne SIMARD 11 October 1773 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph LETOURNEAU

Born: 18 March 1760, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada
Died: 18 August 1799, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE 5 April 1785 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Ignace LETOURNEAU married

Marie-Francoise LEBLONDE
Marriage date: 27 July 1762
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada
Marie-Francoise LEBLONDE was the child of Nicolas LEBLONDE and Françoise AMAURY dite MORILLE

Children of Ignace LETOURNEAU and Marie-Francoise LEBLONDE

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1718
13 March 1718
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Ignace LETOURNEAU and Marguerite COUTURE 20 July 1744, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marguerite LETOURNEAU was born 26 March 1753, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 35 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Joseph LETOURNEAU was born 18 March 1760, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 42 years old.

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite COUTURE died 26 November 1761, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1762 Marriage / Partner
Ignace LETOURNEAU and Marie-Francoise LEBLONDE 27 July 1762 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 44 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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LETOURNEAU married 11 October 1773, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada to Etienne SIMARD

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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Joseph LETOURNEAU married 5 April 1785, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada to Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE

Death — 1787
15 August 1787
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 69.

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