Marie-Josephe FAFARD

(b. 3 December 1755 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1817 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe FAFARD was born 3 December 1755 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe FAFARD was the child of Joseph FAFARD and Josephte LAGUERCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Noel FAFARD and Marie-Josephte LEMAITRE dite AUGER (maternal) Jean-François LAGUERCE and Marguerite BISSONNETTE dite LAFAVERIE

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

Marie-Josephe married Claude-Joseph COLARD 18 October 1779 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claude-Joseph COLARD was born 13 May 1758 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Claude-Joseph died 25 July 1835 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). Claude-Joseph was the child of Francois COLLARD and Marguerite BALAN dite LACOMBE.

Marie-Josephe FAFARD died 15 December 1817 in Louiseville, 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-Josephe FAFARD married

Claude-Joseph COLARD-- Date: 18 October 1779 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Claude-Joseph COLARD was the child of Francois COLLARD and Marguerite BALAN dite LACOMBE

Children of Claude-Joseph COLARD and Marie-Josephe FAFARD:

Joseph COLARD (COLLARD) (b.26 September 1782, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise GUERIN 30 April 1804 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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1755 Birth
3 December 1755
Trois-Rivières, 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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe FAFARD and Claude-Joseph COLARD 18 October 1779, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 23 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Joseph COLARD (COLLARD) was born 26 September 1782, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Josephe was 26 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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Joseph COLARD (COLLARD) married 30 April 1804, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Marie-Louise GUERIN