Pierre-Ignace DURAND

(b. 2 June 1743 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 29 November 1823 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Ignace DURAND was born 2 June 1743 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Pierre-Ignace DURAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste DURAND and Marguerite CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Nicolas DURAND and Marguerite HUOT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CLOUTIER and Marie-Anne GERBERT dite JALBERT

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

Pierre-Ignace married Marie Josephte ROBICHAUD 21 May 1764 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Josephte ROBICHAUD was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Josephte died 21 September 1815 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie Josephte was the child of Francois ROBICHAUD LE JEUNE and Marie LEBORGNE dite BELISLE.

Pierre-Ignace DURAND died 29 November 1823 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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-Ignace DURAND married

Marie Josephte ROBICHAUD-- Date: 21 May 1764 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Josephte ROBICHAUD was the child of Francois ROBICHAUD LE JEUNE and Marie LEBORGNE dite BELISLE

Children of Pierre-Ignace DURAND and Marie Josephte ROBICHAUD:

Elisabeth DURAND (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Francois MIGNEAULT 6 October 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1743 Birth
2 June 1743
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Ignace DURAND and Marie Josephte ROBICHAUD 21 May 1764, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 20 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth DURAND married 6 October 1783, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Louis-Francois MIGNEAULT

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)

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