Marie-Madeleine RATELLE

(b. 6 September 1757 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 24 March 1803 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine RATELLE was born 6 September 1757 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine RATELLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste RATEL and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RATEL and Antoinette VERGER dite DESJARDINS (maternal) Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Barbe GOURNAY dite LATOUR

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

Marie-Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste GOULET 31 January 1774 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste GOULET was born 27 July 1741 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Jean-Baptiste died 23 February 1816 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis GOULET and Françoise-Charlotte LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE.

Marie-Madeleine RATELLE died 24 March 1803 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .

m. Goulet Jean-Baptiste

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Madeleine RATELLE married

Jean-Baptiste GOULET-- Date: 31 January 1774 Place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste GOULET was the child of Louis GOULET and Françoise-Charlotte LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE

Children of Jean-Baptiste GOULET and Marie-Madeleine RATELLE:

Louis GOULET (b.01 April 1787, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 January 1859, St Alphonse, Lorne, Manitoba, Canada)
m. Marguerite LEBLANC 16 August 1813 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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1757 Birth
6 September 1757
Repentigny, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine RATELLE and Jean-Baptiste GOULET 31 January 1774, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 16 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)

1787 Birth of Child
Louis GOULET was born 01 April 1787, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marie-Madeleine was 29 years old.

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)