Pierre ST-MARS

(b. 21 August 1729 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 September 1795 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Pierre ST-MARS was born 21 August 1729 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre ST-MARS was the child of Pierre GOBELIN dit CINQ-MARS and Geneviève BÉLANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Marc-Antoine GOBELIN dit CINQ-MARS and Françoise CHAPELAIN (maternal) Charles BÉLANGER and Geneviève GAGNON

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

Pierre married Thérèse FERLAND 30 September 1782 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse FERLAND was born 26 September 1744 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thérèse died 19 July 1812 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thérèse was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Helene CRÉPEAU.

Pierre ST-MARS died 4 September 1795 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Pierre ST-MARS married

Thérèse FERLAND-- Date: 30 September 1782 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse FERLAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Helene CRÉPEAU

Children of Pierre ST-MARS and Thérèse FERLAND:

Marguerite ST-MARS (b.abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 December 1872, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
m. Louis ROBERGE 2 February 1807 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1729 Birth
21 August 1729
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ST-MARS and Thérèse FERLAND 30 September 1782, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 53 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)