Dorothee RACINE

(b. 26 February 1715 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 17 November 1766 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Dorothee RACINE was born 26 February 1715 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Dorothee RACINE was the child of Claude RACINE and Geneviève GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne RACINE and Catherine GUYON (maternal) Noel GAGNON and Marie-Geneviève FORTIN

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Dorothee married Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE 24 November 1732 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE was born 14 March 1707 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Bon-Chretien died 17 March 1788 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Bon-Chretien was the child of Joseph GIGUERE and Angélique MERCIER.

Dorothee RACINE died 17 November 1766 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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 Dorothee RACINE

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Dorothee RACINE married

Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE-- Date: 24 November 1732 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE was the child of Joseph GIGUERE and Angélique MERCIER

Children of Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE and Dorothee RACINE:

Josephte GIGUERE (b.20 April 1737, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 31 May 1767, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Ignace CARON 27 October 1754 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Dorothee GIGUERE (b.23 January 1740, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1794, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste LESSARD 27 September 1762 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Charles-Amable GIGUERE (b.13 January 1751, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 20 February 1828, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Therese LAURENCE 2 October 1780 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Ignace GIGUERE (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 December 1836, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine MOREL 9 June 1777 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE (b.21 April 1756, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 2 March 1818, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine PAQUIN 5 February 1781 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1715 Birth
26 February 1715
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Dorothee RACINE and Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE 24 November 1732, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

She was 17 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Josephte GIGUERE was born 20 April 1737, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Dorothee was 22 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Dorothee GIGUERE was born 23 January 1740, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Dorothee was 24 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Charles-Amable GIGUERE was born 13 January 1751, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Dorothee was 35 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Josephte GIGUERE married 27 October 1754, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Ignace CARON

1756 Birth of Child
Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE was born 21 April 1756, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Dorothee was 41 years old.

1762 Marriage of Child
Dorothee GIGUERE married 27 September 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Jean-Baptiste LESSARD

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.