Catherine MARTIN

(b. 15 September 1738 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 19 August 1800 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Catherine MARTIN was born 15 September 1738 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Catherine MARTIN was the child of Charles-Francois MARTIN and Angelique PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Lucien MARTIN and Marie-Françoise AUTIN (maternal) Guillaume PELLETIER and Marie-Louise PINEL dite LAFRANCE

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

Catherine married Louis CORBIN dit LACROIX 7 January 1754 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis CORBIN dit LACROIX was born abt. 1718 in Tanu, France. Louis died 18 August 1805 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse).

Catherine MARTIN died 19 August 1800 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

m. Corbin Louis

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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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Catherine MARTIN married

Louis CORBIN dit LACROIX-- Date: 7 January 1754 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Children of Louis CORBIN dit LACROIX and Catherine MARTIN:

Louis-Francois CORBIN dit LACROIX (b.9 October 1754, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 4 December 1822, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite-Apolline OUELLET 7 January 1783 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1738 Birth
15 September 1738
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MARTIN and Louis CORBIN dit LACROIX 7 January 1754, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 15 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Louis-Francois CORBIN dit LACROIX was born 9 October 1754, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Catherine was 16 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.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Louis-Francois CORBIN dit LACROIX married 7 January 1783, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marguerite-Apolline OUELLET

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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