Louise DENIS

(b. 26 December 1761 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada d. 5 May 1795 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Louise DENIS was born 26 December 1761 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada

Louise DENIS was the child of Augustin JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Louise MENARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas JEAN dit DENIS (DENYS) and Marie-Madeleine CLICHE (maternal) Joseph MENARD and Marie-Anne HURTUBISE

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Louise married Pierre SAURIOL 5 June 1782 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre SAURIOL was born 19 September 1760 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Pierre died 17 March 1845 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Louis SAURIOL and Marie-Josephte COUVRETTE (COUVRET).

Louise DENIS died 5 May 1795 in Saint-Martin, Laval, 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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Louise DENIS married

Pierre SAURIOL-- Date: 5 June 1782 Place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre SAURIOL was the child of Louis SAURIOL and Marie-Josephte COUVRETTE (COUVRET)

Children of Pierre SAURIOL and Louise DENIS:

Marie-Louise SAURIOL (b.18 March 1783, Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 August 1832, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. François GUETHIER 29 September 1807 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth-Marie-Isabelle SAURIOL dite SANSOUCY (b.7 August 1792, Laval, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Francois VALADE 4 April 1815 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1761 Birth
26 December 1761
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Louise DENIS and Pierre SAURIOL 5 June 1782, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise SAURIOL was born 18 March 1783, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Louise was 21 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Marie-Isabelle SAURIOL dite SANSOUCY was born 7 August 1792, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Louise was 30 years old.

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