Charles PLOUFFE

(b. 19 April 1727 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1795 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Charles PLOUFFE was born 19 April 1727 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Charles PLOUFFE was the child of Pierre PLOUFFE and Josephte-Cécile-Jeanne RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PLOUFFE and Catherine BON dite LACOMBE (maternal) Jacques RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU and Marie GEOFFRION (JOFFRION)

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

Charles married Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME 18 January 1751 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME was born 9 July 1731 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Cecile died 26 February 1812 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Cecile was the child of Pierre BERTHIAUME and Marie-Elisabeth PEPIN.

Charles PLOUFFE died 17 October 1795 in Saint-Martin, Laval, 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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Charles PLOUFFE married

Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME-- Date: 18 January 1751 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France
Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME was the child of Pierre BERTHIAUME and Marie-Elisabeth PEPIN

Children of Charles PLOUFFE and Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME:

Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE (b.16 April 1775, Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 May 1829, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE 29 January 1793 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1727 Birth
19 April 1727
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Charles PLOUFFE and Marie-Cecile BERTHIAUME 18 January 1751, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève PLOUFFE was born 16 April 1775, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Charles was 48 years old.

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.