Madeleine PROULX

(b. 22 June 1745 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 21 July 1810 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine PROULX was born 22 June 1745 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Madeleine PROULX was the child of Pierre PROULX and Marie GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PROULX and Agathe DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD (maternal) Louis-Augustin GAGNÉ and Elisabeth CHARLAND

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Madeleine married Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT 4 September 1769 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Ignace died 20 June 1808 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Ignace was the child of Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER.

Madeleine PROULX died 21 July 1810 in Montmagny, 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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Madeleine PROULX married

Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT-- Date: 4 September 1769 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

Children of Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Madeleine PROULX:

Charles DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE (b.31 March 1770, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY) 12 January 1790 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1745 Birth
22 June 1745
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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

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 / Partner
Madeleine PROULX and Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT 4 September 1769, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 24 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Charles DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born 31 March 1770, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Madeleine 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Charles DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE married 12 January 1790, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marguerite BOULET (BOULAY)

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)