Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA)

(b. 23 February 1743 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1817 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) was born 23 February 1743 in Québec, Canada, New France

Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) was the child of Jean-Joannis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) and Louise PAQUET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques-François PAQUET and Katherine Françoise STEPHENS (STEVENS)

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

Louis married Josephte VALADE 5 February 1773 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte VALADE was born 16 March 1753 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Josephte died 30 July 1832 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Charles-Joseph VALADE and Marie-Anne CHORET.

Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) died 28 May 1817 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) married

Josephte VALADE-- Date: 5 February 1773 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Josephte VALADE was the child of Charles-Joseph VALADE and Marie-Anne CHORET

Children of Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) and Josephte VALADE:

Marie-Louise DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) (b.21 October 1775, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 June 1808, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada)
m. François LORRAIN 8 February 1796 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1743 Birth
23 February 1743
Québec, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) and Josephte VALADE 5 February 1773, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 29 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) was born 21 October 1775, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 32 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.