Marie-Josephte VEZINA

Born

4 May 1731 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Died

10 March 1804 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada

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Nicolas VÉZINA (VOISINAT)Marguerite JOLIVET

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Born: 4 May 1731 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Father: Nicolas VÉZINA (VOISINAT)

Mother: Marguerite JOLIVET

Paternal grandparents: François VÉZINA (VOISINAT) , Jeanne MARIER

Maternal grandparents: Edmé-Aymé JOLIVET dit MITRON , Anne FISET

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Marie-Josephte married Louis CARREAU 23 April 1748 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . Louis CARREAU was born 6 April 1709 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France. Louis died 8 January 1786 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Joseph CARREAU and Barbe LETARTRE (LETARTE).

Marie-Josephte VEZINA died 10 March 1804 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada.
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Louis CARREAU
Marriage date: 23 April 1748
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Louis CARREAU was the child of Joseph CARREAU and Barbe LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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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 — 1731
4 May 1731
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte VEZINA and Louis CARREAU 23 April 1748, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

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.