Marie-Josephte BRIAND

(b. May 5, 1725 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. April 4, 1793 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte BRIAND was born May 5, 1725 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte BRIAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRIAND dit SANSREGRET and Marie-Anne BAILLARGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRIAND dit SANSREGRET and Anne LAFRANDE (maternal) Nicolas BAILLARGEON dit BOCAGE and Thérèse-Marguerite HAREL

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

Marie-Josephte married Guillaume GIRARD 18 February 1760 in Lanoraie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Guillaume GIRARD was born 19 November 1725 in St-Opportune, Coutances, Normandie, France. Guillaume died 8 January 1796 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).

Marie-Josephte BRIAND died April 4, 1793 in Yamaska, 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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Marie-Josephte BRIAND married

Guillaume GIRARD-- Date: 18 February 1760 Place: Lanoraie, Canada

Children of Guillaume GIRARD and Marie-Josephte BRIAND:

Marie-Josephte GIRARD (b.25 April 1761, Contrecœur, Canada d. 5 May 1837, Napierville, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre THERRIEN 8 January 1787 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1725 Birth
May 5, 1725
Repentigny, Canada, New France

The Family Briand Dit Sansregret

My ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Briand Dit Sansregret, was born over 300 years ago in France, circa 1691, the son of Jean-Baptiste Briand and Marie-Anne Baudoin Dit Lafranche. I do not know the year that he arrived in New France, since there is no record of ship passengers during that time period. However, it is believed that he disembarked around 1720 in Montreal. After the war (1701-1714) of the Spanish Succession many peasants rioted in the streets, 'the value of gold went up, that of agricultural and manufacturing products down, incomes shrank, commerce slowed and poverty worsened' (Bernier 32). The life of a peasant in France was hard. Some looked to New France for a better life. Jean-Baptiste most likely set sail in the early spring from the port of La Rochelle. He was originally from the parish of Nanteuil, diocese of Angouleme, France; which today is noted for salt marshes and the production of mussels and oysters. Prior to the war, only a few vessels visited Quebec per year, but ...Read MORE...

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte BRIAND and Guillaume GIRARD 18 February 1760, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 34 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GIRARD was born 25 April 1761, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Josephte was 35 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.