Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE

(b. 4 March 1751 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1781 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE was born 4 March 1751 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE was the child of Pierre JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Brigitte FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marguerite ROY (maternal) Louis FORTIER and Elisabeth FONTAINE

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Marie-Josephe married Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES 11 February 1771 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES was born 7 November 1746 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES and Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX.

Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE died 23 April 1781 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE married

Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES-- Date: 11 February 1771 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES was the child of Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES and Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX

Children of Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES and Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE:

Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES (b.abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Theotiste SENECAL 16 February 1810 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1751 Birth
4 March 1751
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE and Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES 11 February 1771, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 19 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.