Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE

(b. 19 April 1728 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 11 May 1813 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE was born 19 April 1728 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE was the child of Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Catherine BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Michel BOIVIN and Françoise LORRAIN

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

Marie-Agathe married Jean-Baptiste BARRE 29 October 1753 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste BARRE was born 29 September 1723 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 20 July 1803 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis-Jean BARRE and Marie-Josephe BESSETTE (BESSET).

Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE died 11 May 1813 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE married

Jean-Baptiste BARRE-- Date: 29 October 1753 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste BARRE was the child of Louis-Jean BARRE and Marie-Josephe BESSETTE (BESSET)

Children of Jean-Baptiste BARRE and Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE:

Charles-Louis BARRE (b.11 January 1757, Chambly, Canada, New France d. 29 September 1839, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise MONTY 24 April 1780 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Felicite BARRE (b.1 September 1758, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1816, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre LEBEAU 7 November 1774 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
m. Jean-Baptiste CHOQUET dit CHAMPAGNE 7 January 1790 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Claire BARRE (b.9 September 1771, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine MASSE 7 November 1791 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1728 Birth
19 April 1728
Chambly, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Agathe LAROCQUE and Jean-Baptiste BARRE 29 October 1753, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 25 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Charles-Louis BARRE was born 11 January 1757, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Agathe was 28 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Felicite BARRE was born 1 September 1758, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Agathe was 30 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.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire BARRE was born 9 September 1771, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Agathe was 43 years old.

1774 Marriage of Child
Felicite BARRE married 7 November 1774, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Pierre LEBEAU

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Charles-Louis BARRE married 24 April 1780, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Marie-Louise MONTY

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Felicite BARRE married 7 January 1790, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Jean-Baptiste CHOQUET dit CHAMPAGNE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie-Claire BARRE married 7 November 1791, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Antoine MASSE

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)