Mathurin BROCHU

(b. 12 September 1702 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1771 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Mathurin BROCHU was born 12 September 1702 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Mathurin BROCHU was the child of Jean BROCHU and Marie-Françoise DELAUNAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BROCHU dit LAFONTAINE and Nicole SAULNIER (maternal) Henri DELAUNAY and Françoise CRÊSTE (CRÊTE)

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

Mathurin married Madeleine MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) 25 February 1732 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) was born 9 March 1703 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Madeleine died 29 November 1779 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Madeleine was the child of Noel MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) and Therese-Louise MARCOUX.

Mathurin BROCHU died 5 March 1771 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Mathurin BROCHU married

Madeleine MAILLOUX (MAILLOU)-- Date: 25 February 1732 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Madeleine MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) was the child of Noel MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) and Therese-Louise MARCOUX

Children of Mathurin BROCHU and Madeleine MAILLOUX (MAILLOU):

Elisabeth BROCHU (b.abt. 1733, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Nicolas JANOT dit LACHAPELLE 8 November 1751 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

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1702 Birth
12 September 1702
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin BROCHU and Madeleine MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) 25 February 1732, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 29 years old.

1751 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth BROCHU married 8 November 1751, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe) to Nicolas JANOT dit LACHAPELLE

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.