Marie-Catherine
DESMARAIS (MARETS)
(b.
16 August 1754
,
Verchères, Canada, New France
d.
7 October 1840
,
Varennes, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Catherine DESMARAIS (MARETS) was born 16 August 1754 in Verchères, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine DESMARAIS (MARETS) was the child of Pierre-Paul DESMARAIS and Marie-Elisabeth LEDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE and Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE (maternal) Pierre-Charles LEDUC and Marie-Madeleine VIEL dite DESNOYERSMarie-Catherine DESMARAIS (MARETS) died 7 October 1840 in Varennes, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1754 Birth 16 August 1754
Verchères, 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.
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 Canada1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1840 Death 7 October 1840
Varennes, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 86.
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