Louis-Joseph PETITCLERC

(b. 16 April 1721 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 29 June 1806 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Joseph PETITCLERC was born 16 April 1721 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Louis-Joseph PETITCLERC was the child of Charles PETITCLERC and Catherine-Jacqueline PREVOST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PETITCLERC and Françoise PARIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Marie-Anne GIROUX

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Louis-Joseph married Marie-Angelique-Desanges RENAUD 15 January 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . Marie-Angelique-Desanges RENAUD was born 23 August 1721 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Angelique-Desanges was the child of Louis RENAUD and Marie-Madeleine BEDARD.

Louis-Joseph married (2) Marie-Madeleine GINGRAS 16 July 1749 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine GINGRAS was born 11 June 1724 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine died 16 April 1794 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre-Jacques GINGRAS and Anne-Angélique HAMEL.

Louis-Joseph PETITCLERC died 29 June 1806 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada.

m. Gingras Marie-Madeleine
m. Renaud Marie-Angelique

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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-Angelique-Desanges RENAUD-- Date: 15 January 1747 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Angelique-Desanges RENAUD was the child of Louis RENAUD and Marie-Madeleine BEDARD

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Marie-Madeleine GINGRAS-- Date: 16 July 1749 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine GINGRAS was the child of Pierre-Jacques GINGRAS and Anne-Angélique HAMEL

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1721 Birth
16 April 1721
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph PETITCLERC and Marie-Angelique-Desanges RENAUD 15 January 1747, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 25 years old.

1749 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph PETITCLERC and Marie-Madeleine GINGRAS 16 July 1749, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 28 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.

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.