Marie-Pelagie PONCY

(b. 7 May 1746 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 September 1808 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Pelagie PONCY was born 7 May 1746 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Pelagie PONCY was the child of François-Philippe PONCY and Pelagie LEMAITRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) François LEMAITRE dit LAMORILLE and Olive-Pelagie ARGUIN

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Marie-Pelagie married Joseph-Hubert LACROIX 15 April 1765 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Hubert LACROIX was born abt. 1746 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Hubert died 15 July 1821 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Hubert was the child of Hubert Joseph LACROIX and Madeleine DONTAIL.

Marie-Pelagie PONCY died 12 September 1808 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Marie-Pelagie PONCY married

Joseph-Hubert LACROIX-- Date: 15 April 1765 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Hubert LACROIX was the child of Hubert Joseph LACROIX and Madeleine DONTAIL

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Children of Joseph-Hubert LACROIX and Marie-Pelagie PONCY:

Pelagie LACROIX (b.19 October 1784, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 February 1823, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre MATTE 19 June 1811 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1746 Birth
7 May 1746
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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Pelagie PONCY and Joseph-Hubert LACROIX 15 April 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 18 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)

1784 Birth of Child
Pelagie LACROIX was born 19 October 1784, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Pelagie was 38 years old.

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)