Barbe DORION

(b. 4 August 1727 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 August 1797 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Barbe DORION was born 4 August 1727 in Québec, Canada, New France

Barbe DORION was the child of Jean-Claude DORION and Madeleine CHAPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DORION and Jeanne-Andree HÉDOUIN (maternal) Jean CHAPEAU and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite BOISVERDUN

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Barbe married Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE 14 June 1752 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE was born 5 October 1727 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Jean-Baptiste died 7 February 1823 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Francois SYLVESTRE and Marie-Anne NOEL dite CHAMPAGNE.

Barbe DORION died 21 August 1797 in Québec, 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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Barbe DORION married

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE-- Date: 14 June 1752 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE was the child of Francois SYLVESTRE and Marie-Anne NOEL dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Barbe DORION:

Louise SYLVESTRE (b.26 September 1755, Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1826, La Pocatière, Lower Canada )
m. Charles CARON 13 April 1779 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1727 Birth
4 August 1727
Québec, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Barbe DORION and Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE 14 June 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 24 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Louise SYLVESTRE was born 26 September 1755, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Barbe was 28 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.

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.