Madeleine CHRETIEN

Born

12 April 1708 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

31 March 1779 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste CHRETIEN Catherine ROY

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Born: 12 April 1708 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste CHRETIEN

Mother: Catherine ROY

Paternal grandparents: Michel CHRETIEN dit LEBRUN , Marie MEUNIER

Maternal grandparents: Étienne ROY , Marguerite NAVARRE

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Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste ROY 27 September 1734 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 13 October 1705 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Mathurin ROY and Marie-Anne LECLERC.

Madeleine CHRETIEN died 31 March 1779 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Roy Jean-Baptiste

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine CHRETIEN married

Jean-Baptiste ROY
Marriage date: 27 September 1734
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste ROY was the child of Mathurin ROY and Marie-Anne LECLERC

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY and Madeleine CHRETIEN

Jean-Prisque ROY

Born: 23 June 1749, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 25 January 1840, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte BEDARD 20 November 1774 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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Birth — 1708
12 April 1708
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine CHRETIEN and Jean-Baptiste ROY 27 September 1734 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

She was 26 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Jean-Prisque ROY was born 23 June 1749, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Madeleine was 41 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Jean-Prisque ROY married 20 November 1774, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Marie-Josephte BEDARD

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.