Angélique MERCIER

(b. 2 October 1723 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1792 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Angélique MERCIER was born 2 October 1723 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Angélique MERCIER was the child of Antoine MERCIER and Claudine-Angélique MILLIET (MILLETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MERCIER and Marguerite LAMAIN (maternal) Pierre MILLET and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

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

Angélique married Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE 27 August 1753 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE was born 22 September 1726 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Michel was the child of Antoine VACHER and Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER.

Angélique MERCIER died 29 January 1792 in Saint-Ours, 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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Angélique MERCIER married

Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE-- Date: 27 August 1753 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE was the child of Antoine VACHER and Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER

Children of Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE and Angélique MERCIER:

Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE (b.30 September 1754, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1809, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Joseph MASSON 16 February 1779 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Genevieve VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE (b.June 1759, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1761, La-Pérade, Canada )

Louis VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE (b.16 March 1761, La-Pérade, Canada d. 14 April 1833, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte LEMIRE dite GAUCHER 30 August 1790 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Joseph VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE (b.3 April 1763, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ 1 September 1794 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1723 Birth
2 October 1723
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Angélique MERCIER and Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE 27 August 1753 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 29 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE was born 30 September 1754, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Angélique was 31 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Genevieve VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE was born June 1759, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Angélique was 35 years old.

1761 Death of Child
Genevieve VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE died 31 January 1761, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Angélique was 37 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Louis VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE was born 16 March 1761, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Angélique was 37 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Joseph VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE was born 3 April 1763, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Angélique was 39 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE married 16 February 1779, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Louis-Joseph MASSON

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Louis VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE married 30 August 1790, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Charlotte LEMIRE dite GAUCHER

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

1792 Death
29 January 1792
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 68.

Added: 9/4/2010 2:03:23 PM - Updated: 12/30/2021 5:38:26 PM