Marc-Antoine DUPONT

(b. 9 April 1707 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 19 September 1778 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marc-Antoine DUPONT was born 9 April 1707 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marc-Antoine DUPONT was the child of Louis DUPONT and Jeanne PARADIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUPONT and Suzanne JARON (JAREL) (maternal) Pierre PARADIS and Jeanne MILLOIR

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Marc-Antoine married Marthe GAGNE 22 October 1731 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe GAGNE was born 13 September 1711 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marthe died 17 April 1742 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marthe was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Claire BUTEAU.

Marc-Antoine DUPONT died 19 September 1778 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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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Marc-Antoine DUPONT married

Marthe GAGNE-- Date: 22 October 1731 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marthe GAGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Claire BUTEAU

Children of Marc-Antoine DUPONT and Marthe GAGNE:

Louis DUPONT (b.18 August 1736, St-Ferreol, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada d. 12 August 1813, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte CARON 4 February 1765 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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1707 Birth
9 April 1707
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1731 Marriage / Partner
Marc-Antoine DUPONT and Marthe GAGNE 22 October 1731, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Louis DUPONT was born 18 August 1736, St-Ferreol, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Marc-Antoine was 29 years old.

1742 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marthe GAGNE died 17 April 1742, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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 of Child
Louis DUPONT married 4 February 1765, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Josephte CARON

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.