Marie-Madeleine MOREL

(b. 21 May 1734 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 21 September 1811 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine MOREL was born 21 May 1734 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine MOREL was the child of Antoine MOREL and Geneviève DROUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume MOREL and Marie BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) (maternal) Étienne DROUIN and Catherine LOIGNON

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

Marie-Madeleine married François-Xavier LESSARD 6 November 1758 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Xavier LESSARD was born 30 May 1738 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). François-Xavier died 26 March 1816 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). François-Xavier was the child of Étienne LESSARD and Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE.

Marie-Madeleine MOREL died 21 September 1811 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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-Madeleine MOREL married

François-Xavier LESSARD-- Date: 6 November 1758 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
François-Xavier LESSARD was the child of Étienne LESSARD and Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE

Children of François-Xavier LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine MOREL:

Jean-Marie LESSARD (b.1 October 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada d. 2 October 1834, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise RACINE 18 January 1785 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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1734 Birth
21 May 1734
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine MOREL and François-Xavier LESSARD 6 November 1758, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

She was 24 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie LESSARD was born 1 October 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Marie-Madeleine was 28 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 - 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.