Claire ASSELIN

(b. 6 May 1729 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1789 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Claire ASSELIN was born 6 May 1729 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Claire ASSELIN was the child of Jean ASSELIN and Cecile TREPANIER (TREPIGNY) (TREPAGNY) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Geneviève LECLERC (maternal) François TREPANIER (TREPIGNY) (TREPAGNY) and Anne LEFRANCOIS

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

Claire married Joseph ROY 8 November 1762 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ROY was born 20 September 1738 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Joseph died 13 April 1781 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Michel ROY and Marguerite EMOND.

Claire ASSELIN died 1 May 1789 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, 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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Claire ASSELIN married

Joseph ROY-- Date: 8 November 1762 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada
Joseph ROY was the child of Michel ROY and Marguerite EMOND

Children of Joseph ROY and Claire ASSELIN:

Marie ROY (b.8 September 1764, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 March 1807, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph THIVIERGE 29 July 1783 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1729 Birth
6 May 1729
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Claire ASSELIN and Joseph ROY 8 November 1762 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 33 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie ROY was born 8 September 1764, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Claire was 35 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.