Louis PLOUFFE

(b. abt. 1717 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 February 1794 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Louis PLOUFFE was born abt. 1717 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis PLOUFFE was the child of Louis PLOUFFE and Marie TRUCHON dite LÉVEILLÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PLOUFFE and Marie-Madeleine GUILLEBOEUF (maternal) Louis TRUCHON dit LÉVEILLÉ and Marie-Françoise BEAUCHAMP

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Louis married Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 20 January 1738 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born 21 August 1721 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 15 March 1780 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE.

Louis PLOUFFE died 1 February 1794 in Lavaltrie, 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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Louis PLOUFFE married

Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES-- Date: 20 January 1738 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was the child of Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE

Children of Louis PLOUFFE and Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES:

Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE (b.22 December 1738, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite AUBIN dite LAMBERT 11 July 1763 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie PLOUFFE (b.abt. 1741, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph BOURDON 10 February 1766 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Louis PLOUFFE (b.26 February 1742, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Angelique RIEL dite L'IRLANDE 2 July 1764 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Antoine PLOUFFE (b.1 April 1752, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1799, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique ROCHELEAU 26 September 1774 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Agathe PLOUFFE (b.25 April 1759, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 15 January 1780, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste PERRAULT 8 February 1779 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1738 Marriage / Partner
Louis PLOUFFE and Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 20 January 1738, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

1738 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE was born 22 December 1738, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

1742 Birth of Child
Louis PLOUFFE was born 26 February 1742, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

1752 Birth of Child
Antoine PLOUFFE was born 1 April 1752, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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

1759 Birth of Child
Agathe PLOUFFE was born 25 April 1759, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE married 11 July 1763, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marguerite AUBIN dite LAMBERT

1764 Marriage of Child
Louis PLOUFFE married 2 July 1764 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Marie-Angelique RIEL dite L'IRLANDE

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie PLOUFFE married 10 February 1766, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Joseph BOURDON

1774 Marriage of Child
Antoine PLOUFFE married 26 September 1774, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Angelique ROCHELEAU

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.