Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS

(b. 9 September 1722 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 19 November 1788 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS was born 9 September 1722 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS was the child of Charles DEVIS and Jeanne SAVARY (SAVARIA) and the grandchild of: (maternal) François SAVARIA and Catherine PLUCHON

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Marguerite-Josephe married Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) 8 November 1745 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) was born 18 January 1723 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Joseph died 10 July 1787 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph was the child of François LARRIVÉE and Madeleine LAISNE (LAINÉ).

Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS died 19 November 1788 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Larrivee 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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Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS married

Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE)-- Date: 8 November 1745 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) was the child of François LARRIVÉE and Madeleine LAISNE (LAINÉ)

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Children of Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) and Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS:

Marie LARRIVÉE (b.4 April 1764, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 April 1837, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph DEGUIRE dit LAROSE 7 January 1783 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1722 Birth
9 September 1722
Québec, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Josephe DEVIS and Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) 8 November 1745, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 23 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie LARRIVÉE was born 4 April 1764, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite-Josephe was 41 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.