Laurent DUMAS

(b. 30 March 1729 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1798 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Laurent DUMAS was born 30 March 1729 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Laurent DUMAS was the child of François DUMAS and Marguerite ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUMAS and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS (maternal) Gabriel ROULEAU and Jeanne DUFRESNE

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

Laurent married Gertrude RUEL 1 February 1751 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gertrude RUEL was born 2 May 1732 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Gertrude was the child of Pierre RUEL and Marie-Anne COUTURE.

Laurent DUMAS died 29 March 1798 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Laurent DUMAS married

Gertrude RUEL-- Date: 1 February 1751 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Gertrude RUEL was the child of Pierre RUEL and Marie-Anne COUTURE

Children of Laurent DUMAS and Gertrude RUEL:

François DUMAS (b.25 May 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1830, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 14 November 1780 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1729 Birth
30 March 1729
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Laurent DUMAS and Gertrude RUEL 1 February 1751, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
François DUMAS was born 25 May 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Laurent was 25 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
François DUMAS married 14 November 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)