Louis-Francois DUFAULT

(b. 13 February 1742 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1826 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Francois DUFAULT was born 13 February 1742 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Louis-Francois DUFAULT was the child of Louis DUFAULT and Françoise-Elisabeth BRIEN dite DESROCHES and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUFAULT and Marie-Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) (maternal) Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Catherine DESROCHES

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

Louis-Francois married Helene FOREST 14 September 1767 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helene FOREST was born abt. 1749 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Helene died 27 January 1814 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Helene was the child of Joseph FOREST and Marie Anne GIROUARD.

Louis-Francois DUFAULT died 17 October 1826 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, 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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Louis-Francois DUFAULT married

Helene FOREST-- Date: 14 September 1767 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Helene FOREST was the child of Joseph FOREST and Marie Anne GIROUARD

Children of Louis-Francois DUFAULT and Helene FOREST:

Louis-Francois DUFAULT (b.25 September 1772, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite GIROUARD 2 October 1797 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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1742 Birth
13 February 1742
L'Assomption, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Francois DUFAULT and Helene FOREST 14 September 1767, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 25 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Louis-Francois DUFAULT was born 25 September 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Louis-Francois was 30 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)

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Louis-Francois DUFAULT married 2 October 1797, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Marguerite GIROUARD

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