Madeleine PROULX

(b. 23 August 1688 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 24 July 1778 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine PROULX was born 23 August 1688 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Madeleine PROULX was the child of Jean PROULX and Catherine PINEL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gilles PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Anne LEODET (LEDET)

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

Madeleine married François-Augustin ARBOUR 4 May 1711 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François-Augustin ARBOUR was born 10 September 1687 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). François-Augustin was the child of Michel ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU.

Madeleine PROULX died 24 July 1778 in Montmagny, 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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Madeleine PROULX married

François-Augustin ARBOUR-- Date: 4 May 1711 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
François-Augustin ARBOUR was the child of Michel ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU

Children of François-Augustin ARBOUR and Madeleine PROULX:

Catherine ARBOUR (b.17 September 1716, Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1795, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Leonard FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR 26 November 1736 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

François ARBOUR (b.28 August 1720, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1760, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada)
m. Jeanne LETOURNEAU 11 October 1746 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Françoise ARBOUR (b.24 September 1727, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1796, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre DELERIQUE (DELEIGNE) 17 November 1760 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1688 Birth
23 August 1688
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1711 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PROULX and François-Augustin ARBOUR 4 May 1711 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

She was 22 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Catherine ARBOUR was born 17 September 1716, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

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

1720 Birth of Child
François ARBOUR was born 28 August 1720, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Madeleine was 32 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Françoise ARBOUR was born 24 September 1727, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Madeleine was 39 years old.

1736 Marriage of Child
Catherine ARBOUR married 26 November 1736, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Leonard FONJAMY dit VADEBONCOEUR

1746 Marriage of Child
François ARBOUR married 11 October 1746, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jeanne LETOURNEAU

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

1760 Death of Child
François ARBOUR died 15 February 1760, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 71 years old.

1760 Marriage of Child
Françoise ARBOUR married 17 November 1760, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Pierre DELERIQUE (DELEIGNE)

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.