Marguerite VALOIS

(b. 20 October 1747 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1809 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite VALOIS was born 20 October 1747 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Marguerite VALOIS was the child of Antoine-Régis VALOIS and Thérèse CAYA (CAILLA) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques VALOIS dit GRANDCHAMP and Marguerite CARPENTIER (maternal) Pierre CAYA (CAILLA) and Catherine NEVEU

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Marguerite married Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE 8 April 1771 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE was born 2 May 1751 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph-Amable died 15 February 1826 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Amable was the child of Nicolas SYLVESTRE and Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR.

Marguerite VALOIS died 21 May 1809 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Marguerite VALOIS married

Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE-- Date: 8 April 1771 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE was the child of Nicolas SYLVESTRE and Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR

Children of Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE and Marguerite VALOIS:

Louis SYLVESTRE (b.21 October 1773, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 August 1865, Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East)
m. Rose RIBERDY dite SANSOUCY 13 January 1794 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Francois-Xavier SYLVESTRE (b.7 October 1790, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 January 1866, St-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada)
m. Genevieve SAVOIE 20 July 1818 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1747 Birth
20 October 1747
Sorel, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite VALOIS and Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE 8 April 1771, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Louis SYLVESTRE was born 21 October 1773, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marguerite was 26 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.