Marie-Anne POISSON

(b. 19 December 1759 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1807 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne POISSON was born 19 December 1759 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne POISSON was the child of Alexis POISSON and Madeleine RIVARD dite LAVIGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois POISSON and Elisabeth DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR (maternal) François RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Therese-Renee CARON

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Marie-Anne married Joseph CHANDONNET 14 February 1791 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph CHANDONNET was born 15 June 1767 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Joseph died 31 October 1840 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Joseph was the child of Charles CHANDONNET and Cecile GODIN.

Marie-Anne POISSON died 20 August 1807 in Bécancour, 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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Marie-Anne POISSON married

Joseph CHANDONNET-- Date: 14 February 1791 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Joseph CHANDONNET was the child of Charles CHANDONNET and Cecile GODIN

Children of Joseph CHANDONNET and Marie-Anne POISSON:

Marie-Josephe CHANDONNET (b.13 November 1791, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis MOREL 29 September 1812 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1759 Birth
19 December 1759
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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 - 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)

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne POISSON and Joseph CHANDONNET 14 February 1791, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 31 years old.

1791 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe CHANDONNET was born 13 November 1791, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Anne was 31 years old.

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

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