Marie-Veronique PROULX

(b. 16 August 1716 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 9 April 1790 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Veronique PROULX was born 16 August 1716 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Marie-Veronique PROULX was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Louise ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PROULX and Jacquette FOURNIER (maternal) Thomas ROUSSEAU and Madeleine OLIVIER

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Marie-Veronique married Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE 13 January 1738 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE was born 25 August 1712 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Antoine died 4 November 1780 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Antoine was the child of Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE and Marie VÉRIEU (VEILLEUX) (VÉRIEUL).

Marie-Veronique PROULX died 9 April 1790 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, 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-Veronique PROULX married

Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE-- Date: 13 January 1738 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE was the child of Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE and Marie VÉRIEU (VEILLEUX) (VÉRIEUL)

Children of Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE and Marie-Veronique PROULX:

Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE (b.16 November 1738, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 23 September 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve FORTIN 14 February 1774 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jean-Baptiste DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE (b.19 February 1742, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1807, Montmagny, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth-Agnes MORIN dite VALCOURT 12 September 1763 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE (b.15 March 1744, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1815, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Francois FORTIN 4 November 1766 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Germain DANDURAND (b.8 December 1753, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 22 August 1819, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada)
m. Angélique-Procule SIMARD 13 October 1779 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1716 Birth
16 August 1716
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1738 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Veronique PROULX and Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE 13 January 1738, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 21 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE was born 16 November 1738, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Veronique was 22 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE was born 19 February 1742, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Veronique was 25 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE was born 15 March 1744, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Veronique was 27 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Germain DANDURAND was born 8 December 1753, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Veronique was 37 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE married 12 September 1763, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Elisabeth-Agnes MORIN dite VALCOURT

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE married 4 November 1766, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Francois FORTIN

1774 Marriage of Child
Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE married 14 February 1774, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Genevieve FORTIN

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Germain DANDURAND married 13 October 1779, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Angélique-Procule SIMARD

1780 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE died 4 November 1780, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Death
9 April 1790
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 73.

Added: 10/19/2018 2:46:30 PM - Updated: 10/15/2025 1:33:10 PM