Marguerite PARENT

(b. 22 May 1736 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 July 1822 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite PARENT was born 22 May 1736 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marguerite PARENT was the child of Pierre PARENT and Marie-Catherine JAMES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel PARENT dit PARISIEN and Marie-Anne BENOIT (maternal) William JAMES and Catherine LIMOUSIN

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

Marguerite married Dominique OSTIGUY 7 October 1754 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dominique OSTIGUY was born abt. 1722 in France. Dominique died 19 December 1795 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier).

Marguerite PARENT died 18 July 1822 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada .

m. Ostiguy Dominique

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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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Marguerite PARENT married

Dominique OSTIGUY-- Date: 7 October 1754 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Children of Dominique OSTIGUY and Marguerite PARENT:

François OSTIGUY (b.12 February 1766, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 August 1832, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josette LALANNE 13 February 1786 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1736 Birth
22 May 1736
Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PARENT and Dominique OSTIGUY 7 October 1754, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

She was 18 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.

1766 Birth of Child
François OSTIGUY was born 12 February 1766, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marguerite was 29 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
François OSTIGUY married 13 February 1786, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Marie-Josette LALANNE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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