Marie-Amable DUBOIS

(b. abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 October 1791 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Amable DUBOIS was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Amable DUBOIS was the child of Guillaume DUBOIS and Marie-Madeleine THERRIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Clément DUBOIS and Marie-Anne JUIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN and Marguerite LAMPRON

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

Marie-Amable married Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE 11 April 1758 in Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE was born 22 October 1729 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Marie-Françoise ROGNON dite LAROCHE.

Marie-Amable DUBOIS died 14 October 1791 in Nicolet, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Amable DUBOIS married

Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE-- Date: 11 April 1758 Place: Nicolet, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE was the child of Joseph MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Marie-Françoise ROGNON dite LAROCHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE and Marie-Amable DUBOIS:

Marie-Amable MAROTTE dite LABONTE (b.12 January 1759, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 27 March 1837, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste HOUDE 12 September 1780 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Amable DUBOIS and Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE 11 April 1758, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable MAROTTE dite LABONTE was born 12 January 1759, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable MAROTTE dite LABONTE married 12 September 1780, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Jean-Baptiste HOUDE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)