Marie-Thecle MARCEAU

(b. 26 February 1741 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 November 1823 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Thecle MARCEAU was born 26 February 1741 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Thecle MARCEAU was the child of Antoine MARCEAU and Madeleine GAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis MARCEAU and Jeanne DUMAS (maternal) Dominique GAGNE and Marie-Madeleine BUTEAU

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Marie-Thecle married Jean-Marie THIVIERGE 24 February 1783 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Marie THIVIERGE was born 30 August 1728 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Jean-Marie died abt. 1794 Jean-Marie was the child of Gentien THIVIERGE and Elisabeth PEPIN dite LACHANCE.

Marie-Thecle MARCEAU died 9 November 1823 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Jean-Marie THIVIERGE-- Date: 24 February 1783 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Marie THIVIERGE was the child of Gentien THIVIERGE and Elisabeth PEPIN dite LACHANCE

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1741 Birth
26 February 1741
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thecle MARCEAU and Jean-Marie THIVIERGE 24 February 1783, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 42 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

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

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

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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England