Prisque LEGRIS

Born

9 May 1735 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

7 January 1804 , Laval, Lower Canada

Prisque married Marie Anne SOLET 5 June 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Anne SOLET was born 27 April 1739 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie . Marie Anne died 6 March 1808 in Terrebonne, Lower Canada . Marie Anne was the child of Jean SOLET and Marie Anne LEMANQUET .

Parents & Family of Prisque LEGRIS

Parents of Prisque LEGRIS

Father

Claude LEGRIS

Mother

Josephte MARTIN dite JOLICOEUR

Grandparents of Prisque LEGRIS

Paternal grandparents

Adrien LEGRIS Marie-Françoise BRANCHE

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas MARTIN dit JOLICOEUR Marie-Angelique BACON (BASCON)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Prisque LEGRIS

Prisque LEGRIS married

Marie Anne SOLET
Marriage date: 5 June 1756
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie Anne SOLET was the child of Jean SOLET and Marie Anne LEMANQUET

Children of Prisque LEGRIS and Marie Anne SOLET

Marie-Louise-Anne LEGRIS

Born: 18 January 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Died: 18 May 1819, Rigaud, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre-Alexandre JUSSIAUME 3 September 1780 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre LEGRIS

Born: 3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 18 May 1820, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite VAUDRY 16 October 1797 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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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 — 1735
9 May 1735
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Prisque LEGRIS and Marie Anne SOLET 5 June 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 21 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Anne LEGRIS was born 18 January 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Prisque was 25 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Pierre LEGRIS was born 3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Prisque was 29 years old.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise-Anne LEGRIS married 3 September 1780, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada to Pierre-Alexandre JUSSIAUME

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)

1797 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEGRIS married 16 October 1797, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada to Marguerite VAUDRY

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