Modeste BELANGER

(b. 2 May 1743 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 15 October 1787 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Modeste BELANGER was born 2 May 1743 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Modeste BELANGER was the child of Joseph BELANGER and Marie-Anne BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François BELANGER and Geneviève THIBAULT (maternal) Jean BRISSON and Marie-Catherine DANCOSSE

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

Modeste married Joseph METHOT 3 February 1761 in L'Islet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph METHOT was born 3 February 1735 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph died 7 May 1797 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Joseph was the child of Joseph METHOT and Helene-Marie NORMAND.

Modeste BELANGER died 15 October 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Modeste BELANGER married

Joseph METHOT-- Date: 3 February 1761 Place: L'Islet, Canada
Joseph METHOT was the child of Joseph METHOT and Helene-Marie NORMAND

Children of Joseph METHOT and Modeste BELANGER:

Joseph-Marie METHOT (b.27 February 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 August 1803, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Rose GUYON (DION) 19 August 1788 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1743 Birth
2 May 1743
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Modeste BELANGER and Joseph METHOT 3 February 1761, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 17 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie METHOT was born 27 February 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Modeste was 19 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.