Marie-Josephte PARENT

(b. 17 May 1745 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 March 1809 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte PARENT was born 17 May 1745 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte PARENT was the child of Pierre PARENT and Louise GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne PARENT and Marie-Thérèse CHEVALIER (maternal) Joseph GAGNON and Anne LUNEAU (LOUINEAU)

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph COLLETTE 6 September 1774 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph COLLETTE was born 13 March 1729 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Joseph was the child of Joseph COLLET (COLLETTE) and Françoise ALLARD.

Marie-Josephte PARENT died 20 March 1809 in Varennes, 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-Josephte PARENT married

Joseph COLLETTE-- Date: 6 September 1774 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph COLLETTE was the child of Joseph COLLET (COLLETTE) and Françoise ALLARD

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Children of Joseph COLLETTE and Marie-Josephte PARENT:

Joseph COLLETTE (b.3 May 1776, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 November 1814, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte BRUNELLE 21 January 1799 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1745 Birth
17 May 1745
Québec, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte PARENT and Joseph COLLETTE 6 September 1774, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 29 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.