Marguerite MARTEL

(b. 7 July 1725 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 12 August 1766 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite MARTEL was born 7 July 1725 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Marguerite MARTEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Anne SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Honore MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Marguerite LAMIRAULT (maternal) Noel SIMARD and Anne DODIER

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Marguerite married Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE 13 November 1742 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was born 6 June 1721 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Antoine died 27 March 1802 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT.

Marguerite MARTEL died 12 August 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Marguerite MARTEL married

Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE-- Date: 13 November 1742 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT

Children of Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marguerite MARTEL:

Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE (b.15 June 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 19 July 1814, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques GAUDREAU 15 October 1771 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE (b.18 August 1754, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 11 November 1835, Mascouche, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Rose BERLOIN dite NANTEL 7 November 1774 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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1725 Birth
7 July 1725
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MARTEL and Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE 13 November 1742, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was born 15 June 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 18 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was born 18 August 1754, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 29 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.