Rene MARCOTTE

(b. 2 October 1730 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1800 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Rene MARCOTTE was born 2 October 1730 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Rene MARCOTTE was the child of Michel MARCOTTE and Marie-Louise RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MARCOTTE and Elisabeth-Isabelle SALLÉ (SALÉ) (maternal) Alexis RICHARD and Claudine LANGLOIS

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Rene married Marguerite-Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite ARCAND 22 November 1751 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite ARCAND was born 30 July 1724 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Marguerite-Marie-Anne died 20 August 1804 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marguerite-Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit POITEVIN and Marguerite ARCAND.

Rene MARCOTTE died 15 May 1800 in Yamachiche, 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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Rene MARCOTTE married

Marguerite-Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite ARCAND-- Date: 22 November 1751 Place: Deschambault, Canada, New France
Marguerite-Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite ARCAND was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit POITEVIN and Marguerite ARCAND

Children of Rene MARCOTTE and Marguerite-Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite ARCAND:

Marguerite MARCOTTE (b.8 November 1752, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1843, Cap-Santé, Canada East )
m. Eustache GERMAIN 23 January 1775 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1730 Birth
2 October 1730
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Rene MARCOTTE and Marguerite-Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite ARCAND 22 November 1751, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 21 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marguerite MARCOTTE was born 8 November 1752, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Rene was 22 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.

1775 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MARCOTTE married 23 January 1775, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Eustache GERMAIN

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.