Marie-Thérèse THOMAS

(b. 18 August 1735 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 December 1801 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marie-Thérèse THOMAS was born 18 August 1735 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Thérèse THOMAS was the child of Jacques THOMAS dit BIGAOUETTE and Marie-Thérèse PEPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude THOMAS and Marie-Anne VILLENEUVE (maternal) Jean PEPIN and Marguerite MOREAU

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Marie-Thérèse married Louis BRIDEAU 5 July 1756 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Louis BRIDEAU was born 27 June 1728 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Louis died 2 December 1801 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Louis was the child of Jean-Hilaire BRIDEAU and Marie-Josephe PAQUET.

Marie-Thérèse THOMAS died 12 December 1801 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Thérèse THOMAS

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Marie-Thérèse THOMAS married

Louis BRIDEAU-- Date: 5 July 1756 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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Louis BRIDEAU was the child of Jean-Hilaire BRIDEAU and Marie-Josephe PAQUET

Children of Louis BRIDEAU and Marie-Thérèse THOMAS:

Louis BRIDEAU (b.28 April 1758, Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1758, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France )

Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU (b.19 November 1759, La Durantaye, Canada, New France d. 7 August 1760, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada)

Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU (b.6 April 1761, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada d. 1 October 1848, Grand Anse, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Anselme LANDRY 1775 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Louis-Mathieu BRIDEAU (b.25 November 1763, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 May 1829, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Marie Judith HÉBERT 3 July 1787 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Leon BRIDEAU (b.abt. 1764, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 January 1862, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Marie CORMIER 10 October 1791 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
m. Marie Euphronsine GAUDREAU (GAUTREAU) 24 June 1795 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie-Charlotte BRIDEAU (b.abt. 1769, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean Baptiste CAREY (QUERRY) (KEREY) 30 June 1789 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

François BRIDEAU (b.6 August 1775, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Anne Marie MAZEROLLE 1799 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)
m. Marie Anne DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) 7 February 1831 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Victoire BRIDEAU (b.abt. 1783, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada d. 20 July 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. David DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) 1797 in , New Brunswick, Canada
m. Francois GAUTREAU 18 August 1803 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite BRIDEAU (b.abt. 1785, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada d. 16 February 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. James (Jacques) POWER (POOR) 1805

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1735 Birth
18 August 1735
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Baptism

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Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse THOMAS and Louis BRIDEAU 5 July 1756, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

She was 20 years old.

1756 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1758 Birth of Child
Louis BRIDEAU was born 28 April 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Thérèse was 22 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU was born 19 November 1759, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thérèse was 24 years old.

1760 Death of Child
Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU died 7 August 1760, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thérèse was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse BRIDEAU was born 6 April 1761, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Marie-Thérèse 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Louis-Mathieu BRIDEAU was born 25 November 1763, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Marie-Thérèse was 28 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
François BRIDEAU was born 6 August 1775, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie-Thérèse was 39 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)

1787 Marriage of Child
Louis-Mathieu BRIDEAU married 3 July 1787, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie Judith HÉBERT

1789 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte BRIDEAU married 30 June 1789, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Jean Baptiste CAREY (QUERRY) (KEREY)

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Leon BRIDEAU married 10 October 1791, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie CORMIER

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

1795 Marriage of Child
Leon BRIDEAU married 24 June 1795, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie Euphronsine GAUDREAU (GAUTREAU)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)