François TROTTIER

(b. 13 January 1715 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 January 1764 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François TROTTIER was born 13 January 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France

François TROTTIER was the child of Joseph TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine MARTIN dite LANGEVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Benjamin TROTTIER and Jeanne ROBILLARD (maternal) François MARTIN dit LANGEVIN and Catherine GOYER dite BELISLE

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François married Marie-Josephe-Madeleine BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS 7 January 1739 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe-Madeleine BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS was born 11 December 1721 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Josephe-Madeleine died 17 June 1782 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Josephe-Madeleine was the child of Louis BRUNET and Madeleine GIRARD.

François TROTTIER died 1 January 1764 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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François TROTTIER married

Marie-Josephe-Madeleine BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS-- Date: 7 January 1739 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe-Madeleine BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS was the child of Louis BRUNET and Madeleine GIRARD

Children of François TROTTIER and Marie-Josephe-Madeleine BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS:

Madeleine TROTTIER (b.17 July 1760, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada d. 27 April 1843, Montréal, Canada East )
m. François MOREAU 26 May 1797 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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1715 Birth
13 January 1715
Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
François TROTTIER and Marie-Josephe-Madeleine BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS 7 January 1739, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 24 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Madeleine TROTTIER was born 17 July 1760, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

François was 45 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.