Marie Anne SOLET

(b. 27 April 1739 , Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie d. 6 March 1808 , Terrebonne, Lower Canada )

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Marie Anne SOLET was born 27 April 1739 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie

Marie Anne SOLET was the child of Jean SOLET and Marie Anne LEMANQUET

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

Marie Anne married Prisque LEGRIS 5 June 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prisque LEGRIS was born 9 May 1735 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Prisque died 7 January 1804 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Prisque was the child of Claude LEGRIS and Josephte MARTIN dite JOLICOEUR.

Marie Anne SOLET died 6 March 1808 in Terrebonne, 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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Marie Anne SOLET married

Prisque LEGRIS-- Date: 5 June 1756 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Prisque LEGRIS was the child of Claude LEGRIS and Josephte MARTIN dite JOLICOEUR

Children of Prisque LEGRIS and Marie Anne SOLET:

Pierre LEGRIS (b.3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1820, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite VAUDRY 16 October 1797 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1739 Birth
27 April 1739
Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie Anne SOLET and Prisque LEGRIS 5 June 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 17 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Pierre LEGRIS was born 3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Marie Anne was 25 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.