Elisabeth COURTOIS

(b. 19 August 1710 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1799 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada )

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Elisabeth COURTOIS was born 19 August 1710 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Elisabeth COURTOIS was the child of Gabriel COURTOIS and Elisabeth MOREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles COURTOIS and Marguerite BERGER (maternal) Louis MOREAU and Elisabeth GAGNON

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

Elisabeth married Jean-Baptiste SPENARD 12 November 1736 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste SPENARD was born 9 October 1710 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste died 2 November 1759 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Andre SPENARD and Marie-Charlotte ARNAULT.

Elisabeth COURTOIS died 2 May 1799 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada.

m. Spenard 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.

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Elisabeth COURTOIS married

Jean-Baptiste SPENARD-- Date: 12 November 1736 Place: La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste SPENARD was the child of Andre SPENARD and Marie-Charlotte ARNAULT

Children of Jean-Baptiste SPENARD and Elisabeth COURTOIS:

Geneviève SPENARD (b.22 March 1743, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1806, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph BRANCONNIER 11 January 1762 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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1710 Birth
19 August 1710
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth COURTOIS and Jean-Baptiste SPENARD 12 November 1736, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

She was 26 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Geneviève SPENARD was born 22 March 1743, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 32 years old.

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

1759 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste SPENARD died 2 November 1759, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1762 Marriage of Child
Geneviève SPENARD married 11 January 1762, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada to Joseph BRANCONNIER

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.