Charlotte LEGENDRE

(b. abt. 1724 , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 June 1797 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Charlotte LEGENDRE was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada

Charlotte LEGENDRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEGENDRE and Suzanne BOURBEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Eustache BOURBEAU and Marguerite BROSSEAU

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Charlotte married Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE 18 October 1745 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE was born 28 July 1725 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Jacques died 10 April 1820 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Paul MARTEL and Marie-Geneviève HOUDE dite GERVAIS.

Charlotte LEGENDRE died 13 June 1797 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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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Family and Children of Charlotte LEGENDRE

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Charlotte LEGENDRE married

Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE-- Date: 18 October 1745 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE was the child of Paul MARTEL and Marie-Geneviève HOUDE dite GERVAIS

Children of Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Charlotte LEGENDRE:

Jacques MARTEL (b.28 August 1746, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 16 May 1816, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Louise LEMAY 20 November 1769 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE (b.25 January 1760, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada d. 27 September 1837, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE 23 April 1781 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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1745 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte LEGENDRE and Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE 18 October 1745, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

1746 Birth of Child
Jacques MARTEL was born 28 August 1746, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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

1760 Birth of Child
Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE was born 25 January 1760, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Jacques MARTEL married 20 November 1769, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Marie-Louise LEMAY

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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE married 23 April 1781, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Marguerite DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)