Marguerite LACROIX

(b. 18 November 1710 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 3 May 1795 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite LACROIX was born 18 November 1710 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Marguerite LACROIX was the child of Augustin LACROIX and Jeanne PARÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Normand LACROIX and Anne GAGNÉ (maternal) Jean PARÉ and Jeanne RACINE

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Marguerite married Francois BARRETTE (BARET) 26 January 1733 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois BARRETTE (BARET) was born 17 June 1711 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Francois died 28 October 1771 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Francois was the child of François BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) and Geneviève CLOUTIER.

Marguerite LACROIX died 3 May 1795 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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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Marguerite LACROIX married

Francois BARRETTE (BARET)-- Date: 26 January 1733 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Francois BARRETTE (BARET) was the child of François BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) and Geneviève CLOUTIER

Children of Francois BARRETTE (BARET) and Marguerite LACROIX:

François BARRETTE (b.6 January 1735, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 7 April 1796, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Agnes POULIN 14 February 1757 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph BARRETTE (b.8 June 1745, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1810, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Elisabeth CARON 22 February 1773 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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1710 Birth
18 November 1710
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1733 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LACROIX and Francois BARRETTE (BARET) 26 January 1733, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

She was 22 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
François BARRETTE was born 6 January 1735, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Joseph BARRETTE was born 8 June 1745, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Marguerite was 34 years old.

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

1757 Marriage of Child
François BARRETTE married 14 February 1757, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Agnes POULIN

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.

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois BARRETTE (BARET) died 28 October 1771, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

1773 Marriage of Child
Joseph BARRETTE married 22 February 1773, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Marie-Elisabeth CARON

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.