Marie-Louise MERCIER

(b. 28 February 1756 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. June 1804 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise MERCIER was born 28 February 1756 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise MERCIER was the child of Joseph MERCIER and Marie-Genevieve ASSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MERCIER and Elisabeth-Angelique LEBRUN dite CARRIER (maternal) Michel ASSELIN and Marie FOURNIER

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Marie-Louise married Joseph MARCEAU 20 February 1775 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph MARCEAU was born 2 June 1753 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 21 March 1832 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Augustin MARCEAU and Marguerite CORRIVEAU.

Marie-Louise MERCIER died June 1804 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada .

m. Marceau 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-Louise MERCIER married

Joseph MARCEAU-- Date: 20 February 1775 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph MARCEAU was the child of Augustin MARCEAU and Marguerite CORRIVEAU

Children of Joseph MARCEAU and Marie-Louise MERCIER:

Usule MARCEAU (b.11 October 1786, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 December 1855, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East )
m. Germain MORIN 11 November 1806 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Eulalie MARCEAU (b.abt. 1798, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 June 1854, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East )
m. Joseph GAGNON 13 February 1821 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1756 Birth
28 February 1756
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise MERCIER and Joseph MARCEAU 20 February 1775, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 18 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Usule MARCEAU was born 11 October 1786, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Louise was 30 years old.

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)