Marie-Marguerite MERCIER

(b. 2 January 1748 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1803 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite MERCIER was born 2 January 1748 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite MERCIER was the child of Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marie-Renee PINEAU (PINEAULT) (maternal) Louis GUILLET and Marguerite TETREAU (TETREAULT)

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

Marie-Marguerite married Joseph MORISSET 1 July 1771 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph MORISSET was born 11 April 1749 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Pierre MORISSET and Marie-Anne DEMERS.

Marie-Marguerite MERCIER died 12 June 1803 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Morisset Joseph

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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-Marguerite MERCIER married

Joseph MORISSET-- Date: 1 July 1771 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph MORISSET was the child of Pierre MORISSET and Marie-Anne DEMERS

Children of Joseph MORISSET and Marie-Marguerite MERCIER:

Joseph MORISSET (b.9 November 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 October 1835, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie MARCHAND 26 April 1803 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1748 Birth
2 January 1748
Verchères, Canada, New France

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

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite MERCIER and Joseph MORISSET 1 July 1771, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 23 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Joseph MORISSET was born 9 November 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Marguerite was 29 years old.

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)