Marie-Josephe DUMAS

(b. 6 February 1733 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 November 1784 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe DUMAS was born 6 February 1733 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe DUMAS was the child of Pierre DUMAS and Suzanne BAILLARGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUMAS and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS (maternal) Nicolas BAILLARGEON and Marie-Jeanne ROULEAU

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

Marie-Josephe married Germain ROCHEREAU 1 March 1756 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Germain ROCHEREAU was born 11 March 1721 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Germain was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY.

Marie-Josephe DUMAS died 13 November 1784 in Sorel, 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-Josephe DUMAS married

Germain ROCHEREAU-- Date: 1 March 1756 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Germain ROCHEREAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY

Children of Germain ROCHEREAU and Marie-Josephe DUMAS:

Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE (b.31 December 1759, Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA 26 July 1784 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1733 Birth
6 February 1733
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DUMAS and Germain ROCHEREAU 1 March 1756, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 23 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE was born 31 December 1759, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Josephe was 26 years old.

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 - 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.