Ambroise-Antoine BRISEBOIS

(b. 10 November 1711 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 February 1798 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Ambroise-Antoine BRISEBOIS was born 10 November 1711 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Ambroise-Antoine BRISEBOIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Marguerite ANDRE dite ST-MICHEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) René DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Anne-Julienne DUMONT (maternal) Michel ANDRE dit ST-MICHEL and Françoise-Jacqueline NADEREAU dite MAISONNEUVE

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

Ambroise-Antoine married Marie-Anne LEGAULT 30 September 1738 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LEGAULT was born 12 June 1718 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Anne was the child of Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie BÉNARD.

Ambroise-Antoine BRISEBOIS died 24 February 1798 in Les Cèdres, 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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Ambroise-Antoine BRISEBOIS married

Marie-Anne LEGAULT-- Date: 30 September 1738 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne LEGAULT was the child of Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie BÉNARD

Children of Ambroise-Antoine BRISEBOIS and Marie-Anne LEGAULT:

Marie-Scholastique DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS (b.9 February 1742, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1823, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Michel COUILLARD 8 November 1763 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1711 Birth
10 November 1711
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1738 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise-Antoine BRISEBOIS and Marie-Anne LEGAULT 30 September 1738, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 26 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Scholastique DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS was born 9 February 1742, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Ambroise-Antoine was 30 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Marie-Scholastique DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS married 8 November 1763, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Michel COUILLARD

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.