Marie-Scholastique LEMAY

(b. 14 April 1731 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1789 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Scholastique LEMAY was born 14 April 1731 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Marie-Scholastique LEMAY was the child of Louis LEMAY and Angélique MORISSET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LEMAY and Louise HOUDE (maternal) Pierre MORISSET and Catherine LÉTOURNEAU

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Marie-Scholastique married Joseph BOURGOIN 29 October 1753 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph BOURGOIN was born 19 March 1732 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph died 5 June 1793 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Laurent BOURGOIN and Marie-Madeleine PROULX.

Marie-Scholastique LEMAY died 19 May 1789 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, 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-Scholastique LEMAY married

Joseph BOURGOIN-- Date: 29 October 1753 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Joseph BOURGOIN was the child of Laurent BOURGOIN and Marie-Madeleine PROULX

Children of Joseph BOURGOIN and Marie-Scholastique LEMAY:

Joseph BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) (b.28 February 1755, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 16 September 1833, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Cecile MIMAUX 3 October 1779 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Isabelle BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 October 1825, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre-Antoine GAMELIN dit CHATEAUVIEUX 5 September 1780 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1731 Birth
14 April 1731
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Scholastique LEMAY and Joseph BOURGOIN 29 October 1753 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 22 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Joseph BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) was born 28 February 1755, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Scholastique was 23 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.

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) married 3 October 1779, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Cecile MIMAUX

1780 Marriage of Child
Isabelle BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) married 5 September 1780, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Pierre-Antoine GAMELIN dit CHATEAUVIEUX

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)