Maurice PAQUET

(b. 10 September 1740 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1811 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Maurice PAQUET was born 10 September 1740 in Laval, Canada, New France

Maurice PAQUET was the child of Maurice PAQUET and Thérèse DRAPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-François PAQUET and Katherine Françoise STEPHENS (STEVENS) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU and Marie-Ursule BOLDUC

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

Maurice married Marie-Louise BARRETTE 13 October 1760 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BARRETTE was born 2 March 1739 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Louise was the child of François BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) and Dorothee LESSARD.

Maurice PAQUET died 7 July 1811 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Maurice PAQUET married

Marie-Louise BARRETTE-- Date: 13 October 1760 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada
Marie-Louise BARRETTE was the child of François BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) and Dorothee LESSARD

Children of Maurice PAQUET and Marie-Louise BARRETTE:

Marie-Genevieve PAQUET (b.abt. 1761, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste DEMERS 23 January 1786 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
10 September 1740
Laval, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Maurice PAQUET and Marie-Louise BARRETTE 13 October 1760, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 20 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.