Pierre-Claude BOURGET

(b. 2 May 1721 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1805 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Claude BOURGET was born 2 May 1721 in Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre-Claude BOURGET was the child of Claude-Charles BOURGET and Elisabeth DELAUNAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude BOURGET and Marie COUTURE (maternal) Nicolas DELAUNAY and Elisabeth RAINVILLE

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

Pierre-Claude married Marie-Louise LESSARD 4 July 1746 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LESSARD was born 2 September 1725 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Louise died 14 April 1811 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise was the child of Charles LESSARD and Marie-Catherine PAQUET.

Pierre-Claude BOURGET died 30 December 1805 in Québec, 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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Pierre-Claude BOURGET married

Marie-Louise LESSARD-- Date: 4 July 1746 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LESSARD was the child of Charles LESSARD and Marie-Catherine PAQUET

Children of Pierre-Claude BOURGET and Marie-Louise LESSARD:

Marie-Louise BOURGET (b.8 June 1749, Québec, Canada, New France d. 23 July 1834, St-Roch Lower Canada)
m. Charles BERGERON 1 July 1771 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1721 Birth
2 May 1721
Québec, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Claude BOURGET and Marie-Louise LESSARD 4 July 1746, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 25 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BOURGET was born 8 June 1749, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre-Claude was 28 years old.

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BOURGET married 1 July 1771, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Charles BERGERON

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.