Marie-Marguerite DIDIER

(b. 22 February 1747 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1818 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite DIDIER was born 22 February 1747 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite DIDIER was the child of Jean DIDIER and Marie-Josephe RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph RONDEAU and Marie PASSERIEU dite BONNEFOND

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Marie-Marguerite married Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU 3 November 1768 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU was born 29 September 1732 in St Eugène, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. Jacques died 23 May 1824 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Marie-Marguerite DIDIER died 12 June 1818 in Sorel, 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-Marguerite DIDIER married

Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU-- Date: 3 November 1768 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU and Marie-Marguerite DIDIER:

André CHATEAU dit GODFROY (b.29 August 1773, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 August 1849, Drummond, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie LEFORT 3 November 1829 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1747 Birth
22 February 1747
Contrecœur, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite DIDIER and Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU 3 November 1768, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 21 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
André CHATEAU dit GODFROY was born 29 August 1773, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-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.