Louis LEMELIN

(b. 18 October 1726 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1768 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis LEMELIN was born 18 October 1726 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Louis LEMELIN was the child of Louis-Thomas LEMELIN and Geneviève POULIOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LEMELIN and Marie-Anne DELAUMAY (DELAUNAY) (maternal) Charles POULIOT (POUILLOT) dit LACLERGEVIE and Geneviève CRÉPEAU

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

Louis married Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN 19 May 1749 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN was born 26 June 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 26 April 1804 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Marguerite LEBRUN dite CARRIER.

Louis LEMELIN died 2 January 1768 in Saint-Vallier, 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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Louis LEMELIN married

Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN-- Date: 19 May 1749 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN was the child of Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Marguerite LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Children of Louis LEMELIN and Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN:

Elisabeth LEMELIN (b.abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 August 1807, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph-Etienne COTE 27 January 1778 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Louis LEMELIN (b.abt. 1754, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Anne GOSSELIN 21 November 1785 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1726 Birth
18 October 1726
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Louis LEMELIN and Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN 19 May 1749, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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.