flag female ancestor  Josephte  POIRIER

  (b. 12 September 1729 Chambly, Canada, New France   d. 6 May 1801 La Prairie, Lower Canada )  

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Josephte POIRIER was born 12 September 1729 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Josephte POIRIER was the child of François POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE   and   Madeleine DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Catherine VIGER (maternal)  Robert DEMERS and Marie-Madeleine JETTE

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Josephte  married  Guillaume CASSANT 27 November 1758 in Chambly, Canada, New France .  Guillaume CASSANT  was born abt. 1712 Guillaume died 3 January 1797 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). 

Josephte POIRIER died 6 May 1801 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .





m. Cassant Guillaume


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Did You Know? 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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Josephte POIRIER married  male ancestor Guillaume CASSANT-- Date: 27 November 1758 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France


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birth1729 Birth
12 September 1729
Chambly, Canada, New France
marriage1758 Marriage / Partner
Josephte POIRIER and Guillaume CASSANT 27 November 1758, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 29 years old.
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1797 Death of Spouse/Partner
Guillaume CASSANT died 3 January 1797, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
death1801 Death
6 May 1801
La Prairie, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 71.
Added: 3/5/2018 11:31:48 AM - Updated: 6/9/2020 9:12:00 AM

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