Marie-Justine DIONNE

(b. 23 March 1754 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 8 October 1810 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Justine DIONNE was born 23 March 1754 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Marie-Justine DIONNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DIONNE and Marie-Louise PARADIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DIONNE and Marie-Madeleine MICHAUD (maternal) Gabriel PARADIS and Marie-Anne CÔTÉ

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

Marie-Justine married Jean-Baptiste DURETTE 7 January 1777 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste DURETTE was born 4 April 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste died 14 July 1825 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste DURETTE and Françoise LEGRIS.

Marie-Justine DIONNE died 8 October 1810 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-Justine DIONNE married

Jean-Baptiste DURETTE-- Date: 7 January 1777 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste DURETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DURETTE and Françoise LEGRIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste DURETTE and Marie-Justine DIONNE:

Jean-Baptiste DURETTE (b.19 September 1778, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 March 1852, Rimouski, Canada East )
m. Marie-Charlotte MIVILLE 12 February 1798 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1754 Birth
23 March 1754
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Justine DIONNE and Jean-Baptiste DURETTE 7 January 1777, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 22 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DURETTE was born 19 September 1778, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Justine was 24 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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DURETTE married 12 February 1798, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marie-Charlotte MIVILLE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)