Jean FOUCHER

(b. 27 April 1694 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1775 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean FOUCHER was born 27 April 1694 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean FOUCHER was the child of Jean FOUCHER and Marie-Anne MARCHAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean FOUCHER and Jeanne RICHECOURT dite MALTEAU (maternal) François MARCHAND and Madeleine GROLEAU

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

Jean married Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE 1740 in Pays d'en-Haut, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE was born 25 May 1718 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 30 October 1793 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph-Laurent LEFEBVRE and Marie-Geneviève BEAUDIN.

Jean FOUCHER died 15 April 1775 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Jean FOUCHER married

Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE-- Date: 1740 Place: Pays d'en-Haut, Canada
Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE was the child of Joseph-Laurent LEFEBVRE and Marie-Geneviève BEAUDIN

Children of Jean FOUCHER and Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE:

Amable FAUCHER (b.abt. 1744, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise FOUCHER (b.30 May 1750, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1837, Châteauguay, Lower Canada )
m. Charles-Amable BOURDON 20 November 1770 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Charles FOUCHER (b.15 June 1756, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Therese CARON dite DECAQUEREZ 6 August 1780 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

Therese FAUCHER (b.6 May 1759, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1785, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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1694 Birth
27 April 1694
Québec, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise FOUCHER was born 30 May 1750, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean was 56 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Charles FOUCHER was born 15 June 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean was 62 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Therese FAUCHER was born 6 May 1759, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean was 65 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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise FOUCHER married 20 November 1770, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Charles-Amable BOURDON