Jean-François MORAIS

(b. 24 September 1740 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 10 March 1807 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François MORAIS was born 24 September 1740 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Jean-François MORAIS was the child of Louis MORAIS and Marie-Thérèse SOUCY dite BOIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Unknown UNKNOWN and Anne SOUCY

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

Jean-François married Ursule PLOURDE 30 January 1758 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule PLOURDE was born abt. 1730 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Ursule died 17 December 1781 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Ursule was the child of Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE.

Jean-François MORAIS died 10 March 1807 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Jean-François MORAIS married

Ursule PLOURDE-- Date: 30 January 1758 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Ursule PLOURDE was the child of Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

Children of Jean-François MORAIS and Ursule PLOURDE:

Francois MORAIS (b.8 October 1765, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 June 1829, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve DENIS 20 October 1794 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1740 Birth
24 September 1740
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François MORAIS and Ursule PLOURDE 30 January 1758, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 17 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Francois MORAIS was born 8 October 1765, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-François was 25 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.