Marie-Angélique JOLY

(b. 1 April 1730 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 25 August 1811 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angélique JOLY was born 1 April 1730 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Angélique JOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Anne RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas JOLY and Françoise HUNEAULT (maternal) Jacques RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU and Marie GEOFFRION (JOFFRION)

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Marie-Angélique married Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE 3 February 1749 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE was born 27 November 1719 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Pierre died 10 November 1809 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Pierre was the child of Jacques-Zacharie DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne PITON dite TOULOUSE.

Marie-Angélique JOLY died 25 August 1811 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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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Marie-Angélique JOLY married

Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE-- Date: 3 February 1749 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE was the child of Jacques-Zacharie DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne PITON dite TOULOUSE

Children of Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE and Marie-Angélique JOLY:

Joseph DESJARDINS (b.17 June 1762, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada d. 13 February 1842, Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Canada East)
m. Apolline (Pauline) FOUCAULT 10 February 1789 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1730 Birth
1 April 1730
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Angélique JOLY and Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE 3 February 1749, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

She was 18 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph DESJARDINS was born 17 June 1762, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Marie-Angélique was 32 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.