Marie-Jeanne LAROCHE

(b. 25 August 1720 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1780 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Jeanne LAROCHE was born 25 August 1720 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne LAROCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAROCHE and Marie-Catherine DEMERS (DUMAIS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LAROCHE and Marie-Madeleine LEREAU (maternal) Eustache DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Catherine PERRAS

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

Marie-Jeanne married Jean-Baptiste BECHET 29 February 1740 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BECHET was born abt. 1718 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 27 June 1778 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Yves BECHET dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Catherine GARAND.

Marie-Jeanne LAROCHE died 2 April 1780 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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-Jeanne LAROCHE married

Jean-Baptiste BECHET-- Date: 29 February 1740 Place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste BECHET was the child of Yves BECHET dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Catherine GARAND

Children of Jean-Baptiste BECHET and Marie-Jeanne LAROCHE:

Marie-Josephe BECHET (b.6 July 1743, Champlain, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Antoine BARON 20 April 1761 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1720 Birth
25 August 1720
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1740 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne LAROCHE and Jean-Baptiste BECHET 29 February 1740 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

She was 19 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BECHET was born 6 July 1743, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Jeanne was 22 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe BECHET married 20 April 1761 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Antoine BARON

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.