François VALIQUETTE

(b. 4 October 1744 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 8 June 1813 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )

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François VALIQUETTE was born 4 October 1744 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

François VALIQUETTE was the child of Louis VALIQUET (VALIQUETTE) and Marie-Catherine LAMARCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre VALIQUET (VALIQUETTE) and Marie-Elisabeth CAMPEAU

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François married Marguerite ETHIER 11 January 1768 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite ETHIER was born 18 November 1745 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marguerite died 3 March 1772 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph ÉTHIER and Françoise-Angélique THERRIEN.

François married (2) Marie-Angelique MERDIEU 23 November 1772 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique MERDIEU was born 1 August 1754 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Angelique was the child of Jean-Jacques MERDIEU and Thérèse ROSA.

François VALIQUETTE died 8 June 1813 in Sainte-Thérèse, 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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François VALIQUETTE married

Marguerite ETHIER-- Date: 11 January 1768 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite ETHIER was the child of Joseph ÉTHIER and Françoise-Angélique THERRIEN

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François VALIQUETTE married

Marie-Angelique MERDIEU-- Date: 23 November 1772 Place: Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Angelique MERDIEU was the child of Jean-Jacques MERDIEU and Thérèse ROSA

Children of François VALIQUETTE and Marie-Angelique MERDIEU:

Apolline (Pauline) VALIQUETTE (b.abt. 1788, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 May 1853, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada East )
m. Philibert POTVIN 12 January 1808 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1744 Birth
4 October 1744
Lachine, Montréal, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
François VALIQUETTE and Marguerite ETHIER 11 January 1768, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 23 years old.

1772 Marriage / Partner
François VALIQUETTE and Marie-Angelique MERDIEU 23 November 1772, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 28 years old.

1772 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite ETHIER died 3 March 1772, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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.