Maurice PAQUET

(b. 13 March 1723 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1782 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Maurice PAQUET was born 13 March 1723 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Maurice 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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Maurice married Therese BOUCHER 10 November 1760 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese BOUCHER was born 22 November 1735 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Therese died 10 June 1781 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Therese was the child of Noël BOUCHER and Thérèse CORON.

Maurice PAQUET died 18 March 1782 in Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Maurice PAQUET married

Therese BOUCHER-- Date: 10 November 1760 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada

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Therese BOUCHER was the child of Noël BOUCHER and Thérèse CORON

Children of Maurice PAQUET and Therese BOUCHER:

Marie-Rose PAQUET (b.23 October 1770, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 December 1813, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada)
m. Ignace LAMARRE 8 February 1790 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1723 Birth
13 March 1723
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Maurice PAQUET and Therese BOUCHER 10 November 1760, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 37 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.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose PAQUET was born 23 October 1770, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Maurice was 47 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.