Nicolas POULIOT

(b. 13 February 1739 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1795 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Nicolas POULIOT was born 13 February 1739 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Nicolas POULIOT was the child of Pierre-Francois POULIOT and Marie-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles POULIOT (POUILLOT) dit LACLERGEVIE and Geneviève CRÉPEAU (maternal) Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Louise CHABOT

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

Nicolas married Marie-Louise MERCIER 24 October 1763 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Louise MERCIER was born 6 April 1739 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 15 March 1779 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Pascal MERCIER and Marie-Louise FORTIER.

Nicolas POULIOT died 25 October 1795 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Nicolas POULIOT married

Marie-Louise MERCIER-- Date: 24 October 1763 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise MERCIER was the child of Pascal MERCIER and Marie-Louise FORTIER

Children of Nicolas POULIOT and Marie-Louise MERCIER:

Marie-Anne POULIOT (b.14 March 1765, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 December 1821, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste AUBE dit LANGLOIS 13 February 1786 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Nicolas POULIOT (b.8 August 1766, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 July 1852, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Isabelle CARBONNEAU 10 November 1818 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Francois POULIOT (b.7 July 1772, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 June 1854, St-Anselme, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada)
m. Genevieve GOSSELIN 6 February 1797 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1739 Birth
13 February 1739
Saint-Laurent-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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas POULIOT and Marie-Louise MERCIER 24 October 1763, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne POULIOT was born 14 March 1765, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 26 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Nicolas POULIOT was born 8 August 1766, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 27 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Francois POULIOT was born 7 July 1772, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 33 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.

1779 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise MERCIER died 15 March 1779, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne POULIOT married 13 February 1786, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Jean-Baptiste AUBE dit LANGLOIS

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

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

1795 Death
25 October 1795
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 56.

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