Vital TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

Born

20 December 1752 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Died

3 October 1792 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Alexis TURCOT (TURCOTTE)Marie-Madeleine DUTEAU

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Born: 20 December 1752 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Father: Alexis TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

Mother: Marie-Madeleine DUTEAU

Paternal grandparents: Alexis TURCOT (TURCOTTE) , Madeleine DUBORD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DUTEAU (DUTAUT) , Marguerite DUCLOS

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Vital married Madeleine MORIN dite VALCOURT 26 November 1781 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada . Madeleine MORIN dite VALCOURT was born 14 September 1764 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Madeleine died 18 September 1837 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN dit VALCOURT and Veronique BOULET (BOULAY).

Vital TURCOT (TURCOTTE) died 3 October 1792 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.

m. Morin Madeleine

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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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Vital TURCOT (TURCOTTE) married

Madeleine MORIN dite VALCOURT
Marriage date: 26 November 1781
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine MORIN dite VALCOURT was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN dit VALCOURT and Veronique BOULET (BOULAY)

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Birth — 1752
20 December 1752
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Vital TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Madeleine MORIN dite VALCOURT 26 November 1781, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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