Thérèse JOYAL

(b. 20 September 1757 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 23 January 1778 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse JOYAL was born 20 September 1757 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Thérèse JOYAL was the child of Joseph JOYAL and Marie-Anne COUTURIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean JOYAL and Marie-Françoise CARTIER (maternal) Pierre COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Gertrude MAUGRAS

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Thérèse married Michel DESMARAIS 2 March 1778 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . Michel DESMARAIS was born 9 July 1757 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Michel died 10 March 1785 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Michel was the child of Joseph-Abraham DESMARAIS and Elisabeth-Isabelle LUSSIER.

Thérèse JOYAL died 23 January 1778 in Yamaska, 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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Michel DESMARAIS-- Date: 2 March 1778 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel DESMARAIS was the child of Joseph-Abraham DESMARAIS and Elisabeth-Isabelle LUSSIER

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1757 Birth
20 September 1757
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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.