Marie-Josephte CYR

(b. 7 February 1733 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1808 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte CYR was born 7 February 1733 in Laval, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte CYR was the child of Joseph SIRE (CYR) and Marie-Francoise BOUTHILLETTE (BOUTILLET) and the grandchild of: (paternal) André SIRE (CYR) and Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU (maternal) Pierre BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER, BOUTILLET) and Jacqueline (Jaquette) VANDANDAIGUE

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

Marie-Josephte married Andre CORBEIL 25 November 1754 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andre CORBEIL was born 25 June 1722 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Andre was the child of Andre CORBEIL and Marie-Josephe CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND).

Marie-Josephte CYR died 18 August 1808 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Corbeil Andre

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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-Josephte CYR married

Andre CORBEIL-- Date: 25 November 1754 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France
Andre CORBEIL was the child of Andre CORBEIL and Marie-Josephe CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND)

Children of Andre CORBEIL and Marie-Josephte CYR:

Jean-Baptiste CORBEIL (b.21 February 1762, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada d. , )
m. Catherine MAGUET (MAILLÉT) 14 November 1785 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1733 Birth
7 February 1733
Laval, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte CYR and Andre CORBEIL 25 November 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CORBEIL was born 21 February 1762, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Marie-Josephte was 29 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.

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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CORBEIL married 14 November 1785, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Catherine MAGUET (MAILLÉT)

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)