Pierre PARADIS

(b. 23 August 1745 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 20 November 1804 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Pierre PARADIS was born 23 August 1745 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre PARADIS was the child of Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Ursule CANTIN (QUENTIN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PARADIS and Geneviève COCHON (CAUCHON) (maternal) Louis CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie MATHIEU

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

Pierre married Marie-Louise GUAY 16 August 1774 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise GUAY was born 23 September 1752 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis GUAY and Geneviève BOURGET.

Pierre PARADIS died 20 November 1804 in Lauzon, Lévis, 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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Pierre PARADIS married

Marie-Louise GUAY-- Date: 16 August 1774 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise GUAY was the child of Louis GUAY and Geneviève BOURGET

Children of Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Louise GUAY:

Ignace PARADIS (b.23 July 1786, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 September 1865, Plessisville, Canada East )
m. Marie BOURASSA 23 May 1814 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1745 Birth
23 August 1745
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Louise GUAY 16 August 1774, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 29 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Ignace PARADIS was born 23 July 1786, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Pierre was 40 years old.

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

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

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