Marthe MAROTTE

(b. 11 April 1725 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 24 April 1798 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Marthe MAROTTE was born 11 April 1725 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Marthe MAROTTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Ange MAROTTE dit LABONTE and Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Geneviève BOUTIN (maternal) Jean LAURENDEAU and Marie THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

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

Marthe married Noel GAGNÉ 18 April 1746 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Noel GAGNÉ was born abt. 1718 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Noel died 11 July 1774 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Noel was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise PROULX.

Marthe MAROTTE died 24 April 1798 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Marthe MAROTTE married

Noel GAGNÉ-- Date: 18 April 1746 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Noel GAGNÉ was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise PROULX

Children of Noel GAGNÉ and Marthe MAROTTE:

Marie-Elisabeth GAGNÉ (b.9 February 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1825, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Eustache CLOUTIER 22 November 1773 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1725 Birth
11 April 1725
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Marthe MAROTTE and Noel GAGNÉ 18 April 1746, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth GAGNÉ was born 9 February 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marthe was 25 years old.

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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth GAGNÉ married 22 November 1773, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Eustache CLOUTIER

1774 Death of Spouse/Partner
Noel GAGNÉ died 11 July 1774, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.