Madeleine BAILLARGEON

(b. 24 August 1738 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1819 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine BAILLARGEON was born 24 August 1738 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Madeleine BAILLARGEON was the child of Nicolas BAILLARGEON and Marie-Madeleine PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas BAILLARGEON and Marguerite LECLERC (maternal) Denis PROULX and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

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Madeleine married Charles-Alexandre JONCAS 23 February 1756 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles-Alexandre JONCAS was born 4 November 1730 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Charles-Alexandre was the child of Jacques JONCAS and Louise FOURNIER.

Madeleine BAILLARGEON died 8 September 1819 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine BAILLARGEON married

Charles-Alexandre JONCAS-- Date: 23 February 1756 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Charles-Alexandre JONCAS was the child of Jacques JONCAS and Louise FOURNIER

Children of Charles-Alexandre JONCAS and Madeleine BAILLARGEON:

Elisabeth JONCAS (b.26 December 1760, Montmagny, Canada d. 19 May 1845, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East)
m. Joseph GAGNE 10 February 1784 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1738 Birth
24 August 1738
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BAILLARGEON and Charles-Alexandre JONCAS 23 February 1756, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 17 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Elisabeth JONCAS was born 26 December 1760, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Madeleine was 22 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth JONCAS married 10 February 1784, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Joseph GAGNE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.