Madeleine PLOUFFE

(b. 29 October 1746 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 16 October 1801 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine PLOUFFE was born 29 October 1746 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Madeleine PLOUFFE was the child of Basile PLOUFFE and Charlotte LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PLOUFFE and Marie CHAPACOU (maternal) Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL

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

Madeleine married Francois GRENIER 7 January 1772 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois GRENIER was born abt. 1753 Francois died 2 May 1803 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Madeleine PLOUFFE died 16 October 1801 in Sorel, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine PLOUFFE married

Francois GRENIER-- Date: 7 January 1772 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

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Children of Francois GRENIER and Madeleine PLOUFFE:

Marguerite GRENIER (b.31 January 1777, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 June 1830, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Louis LAMOUREUX 15 June 1807 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph GRENIER (b.abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Elisabeth PAUL HUS 26 January 1819 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1746 Birth
29 October 1746
Contrecœur, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PLOUFFE and Francois GRENIER 7 January 1772, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She 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.