Michel MONTPETIT

(b. abt. 1742 , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 August 1806 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Michel MONTPETIT was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada

Michel MONTPETIT was the child of Pierre MONTPETIT dit POITEVIN and Angelique VILLERAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MONTPETIT dit POITEVIN and Marie-Louise BAUNE (BEAULNE) dite LAFRANCHISE (maternal) Antoine VILLERAY and Jeanne QUENNEVILLE

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

Michel married Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS 4 November 1765 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born 3 June 1746 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 12 May 1809 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Marie-Josephe was the child of Michel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Charlotte CUILLERIER.

Michel MONTPETIT died 29 August 1806 in Les Cèdres, 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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Michel MONTPETIT married

Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS-- Date: 4 November 1765 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was the child of Michel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Charlotte CUILLERIER

Children of Michel MONTPETIT and Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS:

Josephte MONTPETIT (b.6 August 1766, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 September 1815, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph PAQUET 16 October 1786 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Michel MONTPETIT and Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS 4 November 1765, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

1766 Birth of Child
Josephte MONTPETIT was born 6 August 1766, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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.