Claude PAQUET

(b. 29 October 1728 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 27 May 1801 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )

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Claude PAQUET was born 29 October 1728 in Laval, Canada, New France

Claude PAQUET was the child of Pierre PAQUET and Angélique BOURG (BOURQUE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-François PAQUET and Katherine Françoise STEPHENS (STEVENS) (maternal) Antoine BOURG dit LACHAPELLE and Anne VANDANDAIGUE

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Claude married Elisabeth DUBOIS 23 June 1760 in Laval, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth DUBOIS was born 1 May 1744 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Elisabeth was the child of Francois DUBOIS and Catherine-Genevieve VERMET.

Claude PAQUET died 27 May 1801 in Sainte-Thérèse, 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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Claude PAQUET married

Elisabeth DUBOIS-- Date: 23 June 1760 Place: Laval, Canada
Elisabeth DUBOIS was the child of Francois DUBOIS and Catherine-Genevieve VERMET

Children of Claude PAQUET and Elisabeth DUBOIS:

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET (b.9 February 1763, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Angelique RICHARD 14 January 1782 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
29 October 1728
Laval, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage / Partner
Claude PAQUET and Elisabeth DUBOIS 23 June 1760, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 31 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was born 9 February 1763, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Claude was 34 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.