Marguerite FORCIER

(b. 14 May 1727 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 28 September 1798 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite FORCIER was born 14 May 1727 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Marguerite FORCIER was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Jeanne HAREL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre FORCIER and Marguerite GIRARD (maternal) Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL and Marie-Madeleine PESCHER

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Marguerite married Olivier-François NADEAU 3 April 1742 in Yamaska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Olivier-François NADEAU was born 2 October 1701 in Sablonceaux, France. Olivier-François died 16 March 1770 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).

Marguerite FORCIER died 28 September 1798 in Yamaska, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite FORCIER

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Marguerite FORCIER married

Olivier-François NADEAU-- Date: 3 April 1742 Place: Yamaska, Canada, New France

Children of Olivier-François NADEAU and Marguerite FORCIER:

Marguerite NADEAU (b.16 March 1745, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1812, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. François GUYON (DION) 19 June 1769 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
m. Jean-Baptiste MARTIN 22 April 1799 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Cecile NADEAU (b.abt. 1747, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

François NADEAU (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Angélique NADEAU (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste NADEAU (b.abt. 1756, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Agathe THÉROUX dite LAFERTÉ 16 October 1780 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Jean NADEAU (b.12 May 1762, Yamaska, Canada d. 12 March 1829, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève CORBIN 20 February 1786 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)
m. Elisabeth PAILLE 29 May 1820 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Josephte NADEAU (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 January 1842, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)
m. André DUCHESNEAU 28 July 1788 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1727 Birth
14 May 1727
Yamaska, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite FORCIER and Olivier-François NADEAU 3 April 1742, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 14 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marguerite NADEAU was born 16 March 1745, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 17 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Jean NADEAU was born 12 May 1762, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marguerite was 35 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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Marguerite NADEAU married 19 June 1769, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to François GUYON (DION)

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Olivier-François NADEAU died 16 March 1770, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste NADEAU married 16 October 1780 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Agathe THÉROUX dite LAFERTÉ

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Jean NADEAU married 20 February 1786, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Geneviève CORBIN

1788 Marriage of Child
Josephte NADEAU married 28 July 1788, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to André DUCHESNEAU

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1798 Death
28 September 1798
Yamaska, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 71.

Added: 8/30/2010 4:04:33 PM - Updated: 7/9/2020 10:48:54 AM