Marie-Josephte TAILLEFER

(b. 21 March 1737 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1805 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte TAILLEFER was born 21 March 1737 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte TAILLEFER was the child of Pierre TAILLEFER and Catherine GEOFFRION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TAILLEFER and Jeanne HUNAULT (maternal) Jean GEOFFRION (JOFFRION) and Catherine MILLOT dite LAVAL

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

Marie-Josephte married Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX 16 August 1762 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX was born abt. 1733 in France. Jean-Guillaume died 3 November 1805 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Jean-Guillaume was the child of Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX and Jeanne BOINEAU (BONEAU).

Marie-Josephte TAILLEFER died 4 February 1805 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada.

m. Cleroux Jean-Guillaume

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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-Josephte TAILLEFER married

Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX-- Date: 16 August 1762 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada
Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX was the child of Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX and Jeanne BOINEAU (BONEAU)

Children of Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX and Marie-Josephte TAILLEFER:

Joseph CLEROUX (b.6 April 1774, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1849, Sainte-Thérèse, Canada East )
m. Therese PAQUET 11 February 1794 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1737 Birth
21 March 1737
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte TAILLEFER and Jean-Guillaume CLEROUX 16 August 1762, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

She was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph CLEROUX was born 6 April 1774, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 37 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.