Madeleine DELISLE

(b. 12 August 1751 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 September 1829 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine DELISLE was born 12 August 1751 in Québec, Canada, New France

Madeleine DELISLE was the child of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Madeleine TOUPIN dite DUSAULT (maternal) Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN

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

Madeleine married Pierre FONTAINE 18 May 1768 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre FONTAINE was born 21 February 1739 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Pierre died 13 June 1797 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Pierre was the child of Antoine FONTAINE and Angélique GODBOUT.

Madeleine DELISLE died 26 September 1829 in Lauzon, Lévis, 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 DELISLE married

Pierre FONTAINE-- Date: 18 May 1768 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre FONTAINE was the child of Antoine FONTAINE and Angélique GODBOUT

Children of Pierre FONTAINE and Madeleine DELISLE:

Pierre-Joseph FONTAINE (b.1 January 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 March 1839, Ste-Claire, Canada)
m. Marguerite MERCIER 30 October 1788 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1751 Birth
12 August 1751
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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DELISLE and Pierre FONTAINE 18 May 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 16 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Pierre-Joseph FONTAINE was born 1 January 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Madeleine was 16 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Joseph FONTAINE married 30 October 1788, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marguerite MERCIER

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

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