Madeleine POULIOT

(b. 1 May 1756 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 11 February 1826 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine POULIOT was born 1 May 1756 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Madeleine POULIOT was the child of François POULIOT (POUILLOT) and Marie-Madeleine CHABOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean POULIOT (POUILLOT) and Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE (maternal) Jean CHABOT and Marie DUFRESNE

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

Madeleine married Joseph ROUSSEAU 1 June 1778 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ROUSSEAU was born 17 January 1750 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 2 December 1817 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Joseph was the child of Augustin ROUSSEAU and Marie-Madeleine ISABEL (ISABELLE).

Madeleine POULIOT died 11 February 1826 in L'Isle-Verte, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine POULIOT married

Joseph ROUSSEAU-- Date: 1 June 1778 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph ROUSSEAU was the child of Augustin ROUSSEAU and Marie-Madeleine ISABEL (ISABELLE)

Children of Joseph ROUSSEAU and Madeleine POULIOT:

Jean Baptiste "John" ROUSSEAU "BROOKS" (b.29 July 1791, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 5 August 1864, Old Town, Maine, USA)
m. Marie-Petronille GODBOUT 24 November 1817 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1756 Birth
1 May 1756
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine POULIOT and Joseph ROUSSEAU 1 June 1778, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 22 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1791 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste "John" ROUSSEAU "BROOKS" was born 29 July 1791, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Madeleine was 35 years old.

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

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste "John" ROUSSEAU "BROOKS" married 24 November 1817, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Marie-Petronille GODBOUT