Marguerite MOREAU

(b. 10 June 1749 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 June 1835 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite MOREAU was born 10 June 1749 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite MOREAU was the child of Ignace MOREAU dit LAGRANGE and Marie-Jeanne AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MOREAU dit LAGRANGE and Catherine BRULON (maternal) Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Jeanne POULIOT (POUILLOT)

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

Marguerite married Joseph-Marie THERRIEN 1 July 1776 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph-Marie THERRIEN was born 8 February 1740 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Marie died 15 May 1825 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Joseph-Marie was the child of Louis THERRIEN and Marguerite CORRIVEAU.

Marguerite MOREAU died 22 June 1835 in L'Acadie, 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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Marguerite MOREAU married

Joseph-Marie THERRIEN-- Date: 1 July 1776 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie THERRIEN was the child of Louis THERRIEN and Marguerite CORRIVEAU

Children of Joseph-Marie THERRIEN and Marguerite MOREAU:

Louis THERRIEN (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 January 1852, Saint-Valentin, Canada East)
m. Françoise BOURGEOIS 1 October 1804 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Josephe THERRIEN (b.13 April 1785, L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN 30 September 1805 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Louise THERRIEN (b.16 February 1787, L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Michel-Edouard BOURGEOIS 1 March 1813 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1749 Birth
10 June 1749
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MOREAU and Joseph-Marie THERRIEN 1 July 1776, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe THERRIEN was born 13 April 1785, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise THERRIEN was born 16 February 1787, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marguerite was 37 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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Louis THERRIEN married 1 October 1804, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Françoise BOURGEOIS

1805 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe THERRIEN married 30 September 1805, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN

1813 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise THERRIEN married 1 March 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Michel-Edouard BOURGEOIS

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)