Marguerite CHOUINARD

(b. 16 September 1771 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 July 1800 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite CHOUINARD was born 16 September 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite CHOUINARD was the child of Joseph-Julien CHOUINARD and Marguerite CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien CHOUINARD and Reine FORTIN (maternal) Louis CARON and Marie-Geneviève LEMIEUX

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Marguerite married Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR 16 July 1787 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR was born 22 February 1765 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Etienne died 3 September 1837 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Etienne was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Claire THIBAULT.

Marguerite CHOUINARD died 1 July 1800 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Marguerite CHOUINARD married

Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR-- Date: 16 July 1787 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Claire THIBAULT

Children of Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marguerite CHOUINARD:

Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR (b.20 September 1798, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 7 June 1829, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada)
m. Germain RICHARD 10 August 1813 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1771 Birth
16 September 1771
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite CHOUINARD and Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR 16 July 1787, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 15 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was born 20 September 1798, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 27 years old.