Marie-Agathe POISSANT

(b. 27 July 1720 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1770 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Agathe POISSANT was born 27 July 1720 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Agathe POISSANT was the child of Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE and Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT and Anne SEIGNEUR

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Marie-Agathe married Jean MONET dit LAVERDURE 19 January 1739 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean MONET dit LAVERDURE was born 30 November 1715 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean died 22 January 1781 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean was the child of François MONET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Anne DUMAS dite LELONG.

Marie-Agathe POISSANT died 5 April 1770 in La Prairie, 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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Marie-Agathe POISSANT married

Jean MONET dit LAVERDURE-- Date: 19 January 1739 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Jean MONET dit LAVERDURE was the child of François MONET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Anne DUMAS dite LELONG

Children of Jean MONET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Agathe POISSANT:

Marie-Anne MONET (b.28 May 1755, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Antoine TESSIER dit LAVIGNE 27 April 1778 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1720 Birth
27 July 1720
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1739 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Agathe POISSANT and Jean MONET dit LAVERDURE 19 January 1739, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 18 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MONET was born 28 May 1755, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Agathe was 34 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.