Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST

(b. 12 December 1734 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 5 July 1798 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST was born 12 December 1734 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST was the child of Joseph LAFOREST and Barbe BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT (maternal) François BOUCHARD and Anne-Marguerite SIMARD

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

Marie-Catherine-Gertrude never married Etienne LEVIEUX abt. 1761 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne LEVIEUX was born abt. 1730

Marie-Catherine-Gertrude never married (2) Unknown UNKNOWN abt. 1763 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Unknown UNKNOWN was born abt. 1730

Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST died 5 July 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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-Gertrude LAFOREST never married

Etienne LEVIEUX-- Date: abt. 1761 Place:
They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Etienne LEVIEUX and Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST:

Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST (b.10 August 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 10 October 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD 10 November 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST never married

Unknown UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1763 Place:
They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Unknown UNKNOWN and Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST:

Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST (b.8 November 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1837, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada)
m. Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY 25 January 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST (b.abt. 1767, , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 August 1837, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine FORTIN 31 July 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1734 Birth
12 December 1734
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

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

1761 Birth of Child
Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST was born 10 August 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Catherine-Gertrude was 26 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST was born 8 November 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Catherine-Gertrude was 28 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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST married 10 November 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST married 25 January 1785, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST married 31 July 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Madeleine FORTIN