Amable-Rene COTTRET

(b. 28 March 1733 , Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1805 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Amable-Rene COTTRET was born 28 March 1733 in Nicolet, Canada, New France

Amable-Rene COTTRET was the child of Rene COTTRET and Marguerite THERRIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Rene COTTRET and Marguerite GLADU dite COGNAC (maternal) Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN and Marguerite LAMPRON

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

Amable-Rene married Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE 8 January 1760 in Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE was born 17 October 1733 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Madeleine died 21 April 1797 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Madeleine was the child of Jean-François BÉRARD and Marie-Thérèse RENAUD.

Amable-Rene COTTRET died 3 April 1805 in Nicolet, 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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Amable-Rene COTTRET married

Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE-- Date: 8 January 1760 Place: Nicolet, Canada
Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE was the child of Jean-François BÉRARD and Marie-Thérèse RENAUD

Children of Amable-Rene COTTRET and Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE:

Marguerite COTTRET (b.21 March 1762, Nicolet, Canada d. 12 November 1831, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. François MOREL 7 June 1790 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1733 Birth
28 March 1733
Nicolet, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Amable-Rene COTTRET and Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE 8 January 1760, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 26 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marguerite COTTRET was born 21 March 1762, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Amable-Rene was 29 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.

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.