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  (b. 13 December 1775 La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 8 January 1856 La Prairie, Canada East )  

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Marie-Barbe POISSANT was born 13 December 1775 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Barbe POISSANT was the child of Jacques-Marie POISSANT   and   Marie-Barbe BOURDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Claude POISSANT dit LASALINE and Marie-Catherine LEMIEUX (maternal)  Dominique BOURDEAU and Barbe GERVAIS

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Marie-Barbe  married  Michel MENARD 21 July 1799 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel MENARD  was born 13 December 1773 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Michel died 1 January 1842 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Michel was the child of Joseph MENARD and Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN.

Marie-Barbe POISSANT died 8 January 1856 in La Prairie, Canada East .







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Did You Know? 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-Barbe POISSANT married flag photo of Michel MENARD  Michel MENARD-- Date: 21 July 1799 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Michel MENARD was the child of Joseph MENARD and Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN




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birth1775 Birth
13 December 1775
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1799 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Barbe POISSANT and Michel MENARD 21 July 1799, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 23 years old.
1803 Birth of Child
Joseph-Michel MENARD was born 28 December 1803, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Barbe was 28 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1821 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Michel MENARD married 5 March 1821, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Geneviève GUERIN
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel MENARD died 1 January 1842, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1856 Death
8 January 1856
La Prairie, Canada East

She died at the age of 80.
Added: 4/16/2021 8:32:38 AM - Updated: 4/19/2021 11:39:37 AM

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