Marie VIAU

(b. 17 February 1762 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada d. 17 November 1794 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie VIAU was born 17 February 1762 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada

Marie VIAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste VIAU and Marie-Josephte SICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean VIAU and Francoise PREVOST (maternal) Simon SICARD and Angélique DESAUTELS

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Marie married Louis-Joseph CHARLEBOIS 12 April 1779 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis-Joseph CHARLEBOIS was born 10 November 1745 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Louis-Joseph died 9 April 1808 in St-Benoit, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. Louis-Joseph was the child of Jacques CHARLEBOIS and Catherine PORTELANCE dite ROY.

Marie VIAU died 17 November 1794 in Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Charlebois Louis-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 VIAU married

Louis-Joseph CHARLEBOIS-- Date: 12 April 1779 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis-Joseph CHARLEBOIS was the child of Jacques CHARLEBOIS and Catherine PORTELANCE dite ROY

Children of Louis-Joseph CHARLEBOIS and Marie VIAU:

Marie-Helene CHARLEBOIS (b.30 March 1781, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 July 1813, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph MENARD 5 February 1798 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Joseph CHARLEBOIS (b.26 April 1785, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite TURPIN 6 November 1809

Ursule CHARLEBOIS (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 February 1813, Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Louis DUCHARME 4 August 1806 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1762 Birth
17 February 1762
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Marie VIAU and Louis-Joseph CHARLEBOIS 12 April 1779, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Helene CHARLEBOIS was born 30 March 1781, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Marie was 19 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Joseph CHARLEBOIS was born 26 April 1785, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Marie was 23 years old.

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

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