Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS

(b. 12 October 1743 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1812 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS was born 12 October 1743 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS was the child of Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Madeleine MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DESTROISMAISONS and Madeleine PELLETIER (maternal) Pierre MORIN and Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY)

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

Madeleine married Pierre GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE 6 February 1764 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE was born abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 12 April 1818 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Pierre was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Geneviève LÉTOURNEAU.

Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS died 15 April 1812 in Saint-Henri, 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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Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS married

Pierre GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE-- Date: 6 February 1764 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Geneviève LÉTOURNEAU

Children of Pierre GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE and Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS:

Louis GAGNE (b.30 January 1769, Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 May 1848, Saint-Henri, Canada East )
m. Marie-Louise BLANCHET 7 October 1794 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1743 Birth
12 October 1743
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS and Pierre GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE 6 February 1764, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Louis GAGNE was born 30 January 1769, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Madeleine was 25 years old.

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.