Antoine ROCHON

(b. 12 January 1739 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 16 May 1810 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Antoine ROCHON was born 12 January 1739 in Laval, Canada, New France

Antoine ROCHON was the child of François ROCHON and Marie-Charlotte GINGRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais ROCHON (ROCHERON) and Marie-Madeleine GUYON (maternal) Charles GINGRAS and Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT)

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

Antoine married Marguerite MATTE 19 April 1762 in Lachenaie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MATTE was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 9 April 1783 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre MATTE and Marie-Suzanne-Angelique FEUILLON (FILION).

Antoine ROCHON died 16 May 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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Antoine ROCHON married

Marguerite MATTE-- Date: 19 April 1762 Place: Lachenaie, Canada
Marguerite MATTE was the child of Pierre MATTE and Marie-Suzanne-Angelique FEUILLON (FILION)

Children of Antoine ROCHON and Marguerite MATTE:

Antoine ROCHON (b.15 October 1763, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 September 1832, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne LECLERC 28 January 1799 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

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1739 Birth
12 January 1739
Laval, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Antoine ROCHON and Marguerite MATTE 19 April 1762, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

He was 23 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Antoine ROCHON was born 15 October 1763, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Antoine was 24 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.