Marguerite-Ursule MERCIER

(b. 16 January 1758 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 11 February 1822 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite-Ursule MERCIER was born 16 January 1758 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Ursule 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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Marguerite-Ursule married Pierre-Michel BLAIS 18 September 1775 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Pierre-Michel BLAIS was born 28 September 1752 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Michel died 13 June 1840 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Michel was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND).

Marguerite-Ursule MERCIER died 11 February 1822 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada.

m. Blais Pierre-Michel

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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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Marguerite-Ursule MERCIER married

Pierre-Michel BLAIS-- Date: 18 September 1775 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Michel BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND)

Children of Pierre-Michel BLAIS and Marguerite-Ursule MERCIER:

Pierre-Michel BLAIS (b.30 June 1776, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 August 1838, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)

Francoise BLAIS (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph BLAIS (b.March 1792, , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 September 1870, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada)

Adelaide BLAIS (b.abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 February 1822, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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1758 Birth
16 January 1758
Saint-Pierre-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
Marguerite-Ursule MERCIER and Pierre-Michel BLAIS 18 September 1775, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 17 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Pierre-Michel BLAIS was born 30 June 1776, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Ursule was 18 years old.