Pierre POITRAS

(b. 18 November 1739 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 December 1820 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada )

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Pierre POITRAS was born 18 November 1739 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre POITRAS was the child of Jacques POITRAS and Marie-Anne GAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean POITRAS and Marie-Anne LAVOIE (maternal) Francois GAGNE and Françoise POULIN

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

Pierre married Rosalie SIMARD 8 January 1787 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Rosalie SIMARD was born 11 October 1758 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Rosalie died 10 May 1798 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Rosalie was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD and Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET).

Pierre POITRAS died 16 December 1820 in La Malbaie, 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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Pierre POITRAS married

Rosalie SIMARD-- Date: 8 January 1787 Place: Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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Rosalie SIMARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD and Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

Children of Pierre POITRAS and Rosalie SIMARD:

Marie-Genevieve POITRAS (b.1 January 1788, La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 December 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Jean BRASSARD 27 October 1807 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Christophe POITRAS (b.abt. 1791, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 February 1851, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Canada East)
m. Mary HEWETT (HEWITT) 8 August 1815 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre POITRAS (b.23 June 1794, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 22 July 1854, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET 24 February 1829 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1739 Birth
18 November 1739
Québec Province, Canada

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.

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 / Partner
Pierre POITRAS and Rosalie SIMARD 8 January 1787, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 47 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve POITRAS was born 1 January 1788, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 48 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Pierre POITRAS was born 23 June 1794, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 54 years old.

1798 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rosalie SIMARD died 10 May 1798, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve POITRAS married 27 October 1807, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Jean BRASSARD

1815 Marriage of Child
Christophe POITRAS married 8 August 1815, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Mary HEWETT (HEWITT)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 Death
16 December 1820
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 81.

Added: 6/29/2021 10:29:16 AM - Updated: 9/11/2024 9:27:30 AM