Marie-Catherine DUPRAS (DUPRAC)

(b. 21 April 1729 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 7 April 1781 , Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Catherine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) was born 21 April 1729 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) was the child of Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Catherine HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS (HUBOU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Robert DUPRAC and Marguerite VACHON (maternal) Mathieu HUBOUT (HUBOULT) (HOUBOU) and Catherine GOULET

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

Marie-Catherine married Etienne CONTANT 20 January 1749 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne CONTANT was born 7 June 1721 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Etienne died 27 April 1817 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Etienne was the child of Étienne CONTANT and Marie-Françoise BAZINET.

Marie-Catherine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) died 7 April 1781 in Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Contant Etienne

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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-Catherine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) married

Etienne CONTANT-- Date: 20 January 1749 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Etienne CONTANT was the child of Étienne CONTANT and Marie-Françoise BAZINET

Children of Etienne CONTANT and Marie-Catherine DUPRAS (DUPRAC):

Nicolas-Charles CONTANT (b.31 December 1760, Lachenaie, Canada d. 15 December 1847, Lachenaie, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephte DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) 16 June 1791 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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1729 Birth
21 April 1729
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Etienne CONTANT 20 January 1749, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

She was 19 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Nicolas-Charles CONTANT was born 31 December 1760, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Marie-Catherine was 31 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.