Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD

(b. abt. 1744 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 September 1787 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada

Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD was the child of Étienne SIMARD and Barbe DUFOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Rosalie BOUCHARD (maternal) Gabriel-Robert DUFOUR and Louise GAGNÉ

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Pelagie-Modeste married Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL 22 February 1762 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada . Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL was born 29 May 1736 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph-Stanislas died 7 January 1795 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Stanislas was the child of Joseph-François ROUSSEL and Marie-Madeleine GAUVREAU.

Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD died 15 September 1787 in Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL-- Date: 22 February 1762 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada
Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL was the child of Joseph-François ROUSSEL and Marie-Madeleine GAUVREAU

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie-Modeste SIMARD and Joseph-Stanislas ROUSSEL 22 February 1762, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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.