Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU

(b. 5 April 1728 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 14 March 1800 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU was born 5 April 1728 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU was the child of Louis LETOURNEAU and Agathe GUYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LÉTOURNEAU and Anne BLOUIN (maternal) Gervais GUYON and Catherine LEHOUX

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Marie-Catherine married Pierre DEBLOIS 1 February 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DEBLOIS was born 20 April 1722 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 21 December 1808 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Germain DEBLOIS and Marie DUPONT.

Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU died 14 March 1800 in Sainte-Famille-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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Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU married

Pierre DEBLOIS-- Date: 1 February 1745 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Pierre DEBLOIS was the child of Germain DEBLOIS and Marie DUPONT

Children of Pierre DEBLOIS and Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU:

Pierre-Chrysologue DEBLOIS (b.12 April 1764, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 March 1820, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique GIGUERE 7 February 1780 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
5 April 1728
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU and Pierre DEBLOIS 1 February 1745, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Pierre-Chrysologue DEBLOIS was born 12 April 1764, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Catherine was 36 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.