Marie-Catherine MICHAUD

(b. 30 November 1744 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1825 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine MICHAUD was born 30 November 1744 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine MICHAUD was the child of Alexandre MICHAUD and Brigitte CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MICHAUD and Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) Jacques CORDEAU dit DESLAURIERS and Marguerite TOUPIN

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

Marie-Catherine married Julien ROSSIGNOL 7 January 1771 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julien ROSSIGNOL was born 15 December 1742 in Sougeal, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Julien died 23 January 1823 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre).

Marie-Catherine MICHAUD died 30 May 1825 in Kamouraska, 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-Catherine MICHAUD married

Julien ROSSIGNOL-- Date: 7 January 1771 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Julien ROSSIGNOL and Marie-Catherine MICHAUD:

Alexis-Frederic ROSSIGNOL (b.8 January 1776, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 November 1859, St-Denis-de-Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Judith LEVESQUE 3 October 1814 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1744 Birth
30 November 1744
Kamouraska, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine MICHAUD and Julien ROSSIGNOL 7 January 1771, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Alexis-Frederic ROSSIGNOL was born 8 January 1776, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Catherine was 31 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)

1814 Marriage of Child
Alexis-Frederic ROSSIGNOL married 3 October 1814, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marie-Judith LEVESQUE

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