Marguerite SOUCY

(b. 20 May 1739 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 7 August 1808 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite SOUCY was born 20 May 1739 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Marguerite SOUCY was the child of Joseph SOUCY dit LAVIGNE and Madeleine MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SOUCY and Elisabeth-Ursule FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU) (maternal) Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Angélique THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

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Marguerite married Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE 29 April 1754 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Jacques-Marie died 23 September 1793 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Jacques-Marie was the child of Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET.

Marguerite SOUCY died 7 August 1808 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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Marguerite SOUCY married

Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE-- Date: 29 April 1754 Place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET

Children of Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marguerite SOUCY:

Marguerite DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE (b.25 September 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1833, Beauceville, Lower Canada )
m. Jean Baptiste ROBINSON 20 February 1775 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1739 Birth
20 May 1739
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite SOUCY and Joseph-Jacques-Marie DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE 29 April 1754, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 14 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born 25 September 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 16 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE married 20 February 1775, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Jean Baptiste ROBINSON

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.