Monique LAFOND

(b. 29 December 1756 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1815 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Monique LAFOND was born 29 December 1756 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Monique LAFOND was the child of Antoine LAFOND and Marie-Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAFOND and Marie-Jeanne LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX (maternal) Louis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Geneviève PAILLARD (PAILLE)

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

Monique married Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 9 January 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born abt. 1752 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 27 October 1839 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph was the child of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS.

Monique LAFOND died 5 November 1815 in Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Lefebvre Joseph

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Monique LAFOND married

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX-- Date: 9 January 1775 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS

Children of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Monique LAFOND:

Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX (b.20 September 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1857, Plessisville, Canada East )
m. Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE 20 November 1809 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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1756 Birth
29 December 1756
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Monique LAFOND and Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 9 January 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 18 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 20 September 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Monique was 27 years old.

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1809 Marriage of Child
Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX married 20 November 1809, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE