Maurice PLOUFFE

(b. 14 December 1724 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 June 1789 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Maurice PLOUFFE was born 14 December 1724 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Maurice PLOUFFE was the child of Pierre PLOUFFE and Josephte-Cécile-Jeanne RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PLOUFFE and Catherine BON dite LACOMBE (maternal) Jacques RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU and Marie GEOFFRION (JOFFRION)

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

Maurice married Marie-Angelique MÉNARD 16 January 1747 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Angelique MÉNARD was born 27 November 1730 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Marie-Angelique died 28 July 1808 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angelique was the child of Louis MENARD and Marie-Françoise ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX).

Maurice PLOUFFE died 18 June 1789 in Saint-Martin, Laval, 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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Family and Children of Maurice PLOUFFE

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Maurice PLOUFFE married

Marie-Angelique MÉNARD-- Date: 16 January 1747 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Angelique MÉNARD was the child of Louis MENARD and Marie-Françoise ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

Sault-au-Récollet

Children of Maurice PLOUFFE and Marie-Angelique MÉNARD:

Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE (b.16 January 1754, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1825, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS 28 January 1771 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Angelique PLOUFFE (b.5 March 1759, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 10 November 1821, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

Francois PLOUFFE (b.19 April 1763, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 September 1825, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada)

Pierre PLOUFFE (b.2 February 1770, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1724 Birth
14 December 1724
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Maurice PLOUFFE and Marie-Angelique MÉNARD 16 January 1747, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE was born 16 January 1754, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Maurice was 29 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Angelique PLOUFFE was born 5 March 1759, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Maurice was 34 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Francois PLOUFFE was born 19 April 1763, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Maurice was 38 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Pierre PLOUFFE was born 2 February 1770, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Maurice was 45 years old.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE married 28 January 1771, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS

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.