Jacques POIRIER

(b. abt. 1724 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 November 1798 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Jacques POIRIER was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada

Jacques POIRIER was the child of Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES and Marie-Josephte-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite SAGUINGOIRA and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA and Marie-Charlotte ROUSSEL

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Jacques married Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD 25 February 1743 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD was born 31 December 1721 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie died 30 June 1799 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN.

Jacques POIRIER died 11 November 1798 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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Jacques POIRIER married

Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD-- Date: 25 February 1743 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD was the child of Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN

Children of Jacques POIRIER and Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD:

Thomas POIRIER dit DESLOGES (b.20 December 1744, Oka, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte CLEMENT dite LARIVIÈRE 20 January 1766 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Joseph POIRIER (b.22 August 1749, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1823, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Francoise CHARBONNEAU 18 May 1772 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Toussaint POIRIER (b.1 November 1750, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite ROCAN (ROQUAN) dite LAVILLE 14 February 1774 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Pascal POIRIER dit DESLOGES (b.11 February 1757, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 19 July 1828, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Rose BRAZEAU 28 April 1778 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1743 Marriage / Partner
Jacques POIRIER and Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD 25 February 1743, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

1744 Birth of Child
Thomas POIRIER dit DESLOGES was born 20 December 1744, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

1749 Birth of Child
Joseph POIRIER was born 22 August 1749, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

1750 Birth of Child
Toussaint POIRIER was born 1 November 1750, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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

1757 Birth of Child
Pascal POIRIER dit DESLOGES was born 11 February 1757, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Thomas POIRIER dit DESLOGES married 20 January 1766, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Marie-Josephte CLEMENT dite LARIVIÈRE

1772 Marriage of Child
Joseph POIRIER married 18 May 1772, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada to Francoise CHARBONNEAU

1774 Marriage of Child
Toussaint POIRIER married 14 February 1774, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada to Marguerite ROCAN (ROQUAN) dite LAVILLE

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.