Pierre CHATIGNY

(b. abt. 1720 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 13 October 1794 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Pierre CHATIGNY was born abt. 1720 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Pierre CHATIGNY was the child of Pierre CHATIGNY and Angélique MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vincent CHATIGNY and Marie-Françoise AUBRY (maternal) Joachim MARTIN and Anne-Charlotte PETIT

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Pierre married Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE) 29 October 1742 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE) was born 24 February 1724 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite died 17 November 1799 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Guillaume RATTÉ and Marie-Madeleine NOLIN.

Pierre CHATIGNY died 13 October 1794 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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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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Pierre CHATIGNY married

Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE)-- Date: 29 October 1742 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE) was the child of Guillaume RATTÉ and Marie-Madeleine NOLIN

Children of Pierre CHATIGNY and Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE):

Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY (b.20 October 1751, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1820, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Reine PARADIS 11 August 1783 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie CHATIGNY (b.3 January 1760, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada d. 27 November 1841, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )
m. Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE 23 November 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marguerite CHATIGNY (b.16 October 1765, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 June 1853, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )
m. François AUDET dit LAPOINTE 16 February 1801 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1742 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CHATIGNY and Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE) 29 October 1742, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1751 Birth of Child
Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY was born 20 October 1751, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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

1760 Birth of Child
Marie CHATIGNY was born 3 January 1760, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHATIGNY was born 16 October 1765, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY married 11 August 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie-Reine PARADIS

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie CHATIGNY married 23 November 1785, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Gabriel PEPIN dit LACHANCE

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

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