Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU

(b. 23 August 1734 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 June 1790 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU was born 23 August 1734 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU was the child of Gabriel BRAZEAU and Angélique ANDEGRAVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BRAZEAU and Geneviève QUENNEVILLE (maternal) Pierre HANDGRAVE (ANDEGRAVE) dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie GUERTIN

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

Francoise-Amable married Joseph LORRAIN 25 January 1751 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LORRAIN was born 16 September 1728 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Joseph died 12 December 1804 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph LORRAIN dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Josephte RANGER dite PAQUET.

Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU died 6 June 1790 in Saint-Martin, Laval, 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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Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU married

Joseph LORRAIN-- Date: 25 January 1751 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Joseph LORRAIN was the child of Joseph LORRAIN dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Josephte RANGER dite PAQUET

Children of Joseph LORRAIN and Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU:

Pierre LORRAIN (b.18 April 1766, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie LALONGE dite GASCON 23 February 1789 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
23 August 1734
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU and Joseph LORRAIN 25 January 1751, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Pierre LORRAIN was born 18 April 1766, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Francoise-Amable was 31 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.