Marie-Josephte GINGRAS

(b. 2 October 1719 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 22 October 1795 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte GINGRAS was born 2 October 1719 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte GINGRAS was the child of Joseph GINGRAS and Marie-Anne TINON dite DESROCHES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GINGRAS and Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT) (maternal) Charles TINON dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne BONNEDEAU dite CHATELLERAULT

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph DORÉ 25 January 1740 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph DORÉ was born 5 December 1717 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 6 April 1787 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Louis DORÉ and Catherine COQUIN dite LATOURELLE.

Marie-Josephte GINGRAS died 22 October 1795 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada.

m. Dore Joseph

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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 GINGRAS married

Joseph DORÉ-- Date: 25 January 1740 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Joseph DORÉ was the child of Louis DORÉ and Catherine COQUIN dite LATOURELLE

Children of Joseph DORÉ and Marie-Josephte GINGRAS:

Josephte DORÉ (b.16 November 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1813, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)
m. Raphael CANTIN (QUENTIN) 2 March 1772 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Etienne DORÉ (b.2 May 1744, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 24 August 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Joseph SIMARD 21 November 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1719 Birth
2 October 1719
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte GINGRAS and Joseph DORÉ 25 January 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Josephte DORÉ was born 16 November 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 21 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Etienne DORÉ was born 2 May 1744, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 24 years old.

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

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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Josephte DORÉ married 2 March 1772, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Raphael CANTIN (QUENTIN)

1774 Marriage of Child
Etienne DORÉ married 21 November 1774, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Joseph SIMARD

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.