Marie-Marguerite DUMAS

(b. 8 April 1720 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 30 March 1789 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite DUMAS was born 8 April 1720 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite DUMAS was the child of François DUMAS and Marguerite ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUMAS and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS (maternal) Gabriel ROULEAU and Jeanne DUFRESNE

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Marie-Marguerite married Laurent LABRECQUE 6 February 1741 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Laurent LABRECQUE was born 30 March 1718 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Laurent died 27 November 1749 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Laurent was the child of Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE.

Marie-Marguerite DUMAS died 30 March 1789 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Marie-Marguerite DUMAS married

Laurent LABRECQUE-- Date: 6 February 1741 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Laurent LABRECQUE was the child of Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE

Children of Laurent LABRECQUE and Marie-Marguerite DUMAS:

Marguerite LABRECQUE (b.26 February 1743, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1825, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Prisque VEZINA 30 January 1775 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Laurent LABRECQUE (b.30 March 1749, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 24 June 1825, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Genevieve DUFRESNE 17 January 1785 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1720 Birth
8 April 1720
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite DUMAS and Laurent LABRECQUE 6 February 1741, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marguerite LABRECQUE was born 26 February 1743, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marie-Marguerite was 22 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Laurent LABRECQUE was born 30 March 1749, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite was 28 years old.

1749 Death of Spouse/Partner
Laurent LABRECQUE died 27 November 1749, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1775 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LABRECQUE married 30 January 1775, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Prisque VEZINA

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.