Marie-Françoise GIRARD

(b. abt. 1714 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 March 1776 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Françoise GIRARD was born abt. 1714 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Françoise GIRARD was the child of Etienne GIRARD dit BRETON and Catherine Marguerite DESGRES

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

Marie-Françoise married Charles DURETTE 8 November 1734 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles DURETTE was born 21 January 1702 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Charles died 10 February 1755 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Charles was the child of Jacques DURETTE and Catherine JAMIN (JASMIN).

Marie-Françoise GIRARD died 26 March 1776 in Boucherville, 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-Françoise GIRARD married

Charles DURETTE-- Date: 8 November 1734 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Charles DURETTE was the child of Jacques DURETTE and Catherine JAMIN (JASMIN)

Children of Charles DURETTE and Marie-Françoise GIRARD:

Jean-Baptiste DURETTE (b.6 May 1735, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 November 1786, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Bibiane LABERGE 7 January 1761 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Josephte DURETTE (b.8 May 1740, Québec, Canada, New France d. 9 October 1813, Chambly, Lower Canada )
m. Michel DARAGON dit LAFRANCE 20 September 1791 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph DURETTE (b.4 August 1743, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Celeste CADIEUX 10 January 1774 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise GIRARD and Charles DURETTE 8 November 1734, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

1735 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DURETTE was born 6 May 1735, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1740 Birth of Child
Josephte DURETTE was born 8 May 1740, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1743 Birth of Child
Joseph DURETTE was born 4 August 1743, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles DURETTE died 10 February 1755, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1761 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DURETTE married 7 January 1761, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Bibiane LABERGE

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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Joseph DURETTE married 10 January 1774, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Celeste CADIEUX

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.