Francois HAREL

(b. 23 November 1725 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1806 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Francois HAREL was born 23 November 1725 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Francois HAREL was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François HAREL and Marie-Madeleine BRUNET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Marie-Victor-François HAREL and Marie-Madeleine PESCHER (maternal) Jean BRUNET dit LASABLONNIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine RICHAUME

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

Francois married Marie-Marguerite RIEL 6 November 1747 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite RIEL was born 21 May 1733 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Louise-Marguerite FRAPPIER.

Francois HAREL died 6 January 1806 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada.

m. Gagne Marie-Hyacinthe
m. Riel Marguerite

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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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Francois HAREL married

Marie-Marguerite RIEL-- Date: 6 November 1747 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite RIEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Louise-Marguerite FRAPPIER

Children of Francois HAREL and Marie-Marguerite RIEL:

Pierre HAREL (b.1 December 1758, Montréal, Canada, New France d. abt. 1815, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite TROGES 25 October 1779 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1725 Birth
23 November 1725
Montréal, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Francois HAREL and Marie-Marguerite RIEL 6 November 1747, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Pierre HAREL was born 1 December 1758, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Francois was 33 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.

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
Pierre HAREL married 25 October 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marguerite TROGES

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

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

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