Michel MONTMINY

(b. 8 April 1725 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1798 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Michel MONTMINY was born 8 April 1725 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Michel MONTMINY was the child of Joseph MONTMINY and Marie-Angelique FORGUES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume MONTMINY and Marguerite GOBEIL (maternal) Joseph FORGUES and Marie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Michel had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Michel married Marie-Josephte LACROIX 23 November 1750 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte LACROIX was born 9 September 1724 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Josephte died 8 March 1755 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Andre LACROIX and Marie-Madeleine MARCHAND.

Michel MONTMINY died 16 March 1798 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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
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Family and Children of Michel MONTMINY

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Michel MONTMINY married

Marie-Josephte LACROIX-- Date: 23 November 1750 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte LACROIX was the child of Andre LACROIX and Marie-Madeleine MARCHAND

Children of Michel MONTMINY and Marie-Josephte LACROIX:

Michel MONTMINY (b.11 September 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1819, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Marie SIMARD 3 June 1782 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1725 Birth
8 April 1725
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Michel MONTMINY and Marie-Josephte LACROIX 23 November 1750, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Michel MONTMINY was born 11 September 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Michel was 26 years old.

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

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte LACROIX died 8 March 1755, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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.

Revolutionary War
MONTMINI,Michel. St-Miche1—de-Bellechasse. Deprived as sergeant of militia for having served the rebels, executed rebel orders (BTW)
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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.