Marie-Catherine GUERIN

(b. abt. 1756 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 5 August 1834 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine GUERIN was born abt. 1756 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine GUERIN was the child of François GUÉRIN dit LANEUVILLE and Catherine LAUZON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GUÉRIN dit LANEUVILLE and Marie-Catherine DARDENNE (maternal) Gilles LAUZON and Marie-Anne GROULX

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

Marie-Catherine married Jean-Marie LEMAY 31 January 1774 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie LEMAY was born 15 November 1750 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Marie died 7 March 1837 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie was the child of Joseph LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie-Madeleine DUBE.

Marie-Catherine GUERIN died 5 August 1834 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada.
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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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Marie-Catherine GUERIN married

Jean-Marie LEMAY-- Date: 31 January 1774 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Marie LEMAY was the child of Joseph LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie-Madeleine DUBE

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Children of Jean-Marie LEMAY and Marie-Catherine GUERIN:

Marie-Louise LEMAY (b.26 April 1783, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 September 1852, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Canada East)
m. Joseph CHAUMONT dit GUILLET 28 October 1804 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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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 / Partner
Marie-Catherine GUERIN and Jean-Marie LEMAY 31 January 1774, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.

1783 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEMAY was born 26 April 1783, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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)

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

1804 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LEMAY married 28 October 1804, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Joseph CHAUMONT dit GUILLET

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England