Marie Louise POITRAS

(b. 6 February 1708 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1762 , Sault Sainte Marie, French Settlement (now Michigan) )

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Marie Louise POITRAS was born 6 February 1708 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Marie Louise POITRAS was the child of Jean POITRAS and Marie-Anne LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre LAVOIE (DELAVOYE) and Isabelle AUPÉ (AUBERT)

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

Marie Louise married Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE 6 April 1728 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE was born 27 April 1700 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Louis was the child of Laurent LEGUESTIER dit LEVEILLE and Marie-Anne HULIN.

Marie Louise POITRAS died 26 March 1762 in Sault Sainte Marie, French Settlement (now Michigan).
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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 Louise POITRAS married

Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE-- Date: 6 April 1728 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE was the child of Laurent LEGUESTIER dit LEVEILLE and Marie-Anne HULIN

Children of Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE and Marie Louise POITRAS:

Jacques-Francois-Xavier GUETHIER (b.18 March 1731, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Madeleine GENDREAU 20 January 1755 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Marie-Louise GUETHIER (b.3 October 1738, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 15 July 1803, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE 31 January 1757 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1708 Birth
6 February 1708
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1728 Marriage / Partner
Marie Louise POITRAS and Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE 6 April 1728, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 20 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Jacques-Francois-Xavier GUETHIER was born 18 March 1731, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie Louise was 23 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GUETHIER was born 3 October 1738, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Marie Louise was 30 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Jacques-Francois-Xavier GUETHIER married 20 January 1755, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Marie-Madeleine GENDREAU

1757 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GUETHIER married 31 January 1757, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Joseph DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE