Marie-Francoise POISSON

(b. abt. 1757 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 April 1794 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Francoise POISSON was born abt. 1757 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Francoise POISSON was the child of Pierre-Antoine POISSON and Marie-Charlotte DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois POISSON and Elisabeth DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR (maternal) Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY and Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL

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Marie-Francoise married Francois GAUDET 1 February 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois GAUDET was born 11 January 1743 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Francois died 2 May 1810 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Francois was the child of Charles GAUDET and Marie CORMIER.

Marie-Francoise POISSON died 12 April 1794 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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-Francoise POISSON married

Francois GAUDET-- Date: 1 February 1773 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois GAUDET was the child of Charles GAUDET and Marie CORMIER

Children of Francois GAUDET and Marie-Francoise POISSON:

Marie GAUDET (b.20 October 1778, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 April 1862, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE 1 April 1799 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Louise GAUDET (b.28 May 1792, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Francois BELIVEAU 25 November 1811 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

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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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Francoise POISSON and Francois GAUDET 1 February 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie GAUDET was born 20 October 1778, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

1792 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GAUDET was born 28 May 1792, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)