Marguerite-Euphrosine POITRAS

(b. 22 June 1742 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1816 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite-Euphrosine POITRAS was born 22 June 1742 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Euphrosine POITRAS was the child of Jacques POITRAS and Marie-Anne GAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean POITRAS and Marie-Anne LAVOIE (maternal) Francois GAGNE and Françoise POULIN

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Marguerite-Euphrosine married Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE 26 January 1767 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was born 6 June 1721 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Antoine died 27 March 1802 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT.

Marguerite-Euphrosine POITRAS died 18 March 1816 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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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Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE-- Date: 26 January 1767 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT

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1742 Birth
22 June 1742
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Euphrosine POITRAS and Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE 26 January 1767, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 24 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.