Michel BIROLEAU

(b. 8 March 1741 , Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 11 June 1810 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Michel BIROLEAU was born 8 March 1741 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Michel BIROLEAU was the child of Joseph BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephe LAUZON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Anne MARSAN dite LAPIERRE (maternal) Michel LAUZON and Marie-Anne COITOU dite ST-JEAN

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

Michel married Marguerite VILLERAY 30 January 1764 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite VILLERAY was born 7 March 1747 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marguerite died 25 December 1831 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Michel VILLERAY and Charlotte LEGROS.

Michel BIROLEAU died 11 June 1810 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Michel BIROLEAU married

Marguerite VILLERAY-- Date: 30 January 1764 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite VILLERAY was the child of Michel VILLERAY and Charlotte LEGROS

Children of Michel BIROLEAU and Marguerite VILLERAY:

Michel BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR (b.14 February 1766, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 November 1836, Oka, Lower Canada )
m. Ursule SAUVE 27 October 1789 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Marie-Rose BIROLEAU (b.17 March 1769, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 May 1843, St-Hermas, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph LABROSSE 5 May 1789 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1741 Birth
8 March 1741
Sainte-Geneviève, 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
Michel BIROLEAU and Marguerite VILLERAY 30 January 1764, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 22 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Michel BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was born 14 February 1766, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Michel was 24 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose BIROLEAU was born 17 March 1769, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Michel was 28 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.