Ignace QUIRION

(b. 31 December 1725 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 June 1799 , Beauceville, Lower Canada )

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Ignace QUIRION was born 31 December 1725 in Québec, Canada, New France

Ignace QUIRION was the child of Joseph QUIRION (QUERILLON) and Marguerite GIROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien QUÉRILLON dit DANIEL and Marie-Anne LAVERGNE (maternal) Charles GIROUX and Marguerite BRUNEAU

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

Ignace married Marguerite POULIOT 21 June 1762 in Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite POULIOT was born 9 November 1740 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 26 April 1813 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jean POULIOT and Anne DENIS dite LAPIERRE.

Ignace QUIRION died 17 June 1799 in Beauceville, 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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Ignace QUIRION married

Marguerite POULIOT-- Date: 21 June 1762 Place: Québec, Canada
Marguerite POULIOT was the child of Jean POULIOT and Anne DENIS dite LAPIERRE

Children of Ignace QUIRION and Marguerite POULIOT:

François-Regis QUIRION (b.5 January 1769, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 September 1839, Beauceville, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine CRESSAC dite TOULOUSE 4 August 1794 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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1725 Birth
31 December 1725
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Ignace QUIRION and Marguerite POULIOT 21 June 1762, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 36 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.

1769 Birth of Child
François-Regis QUIRION was born 5 January 1769, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 43 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.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
François-Regis QUIRION married 4 August 1794, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Catherine CRESSAC dite TOULOUSE