Madeleine MERCIER

(b. 27 April 1682 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 22 April 1774 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine MERCIER was born 27 April 1682 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine MERCIER was the child of Pierre MERCIER dit CAUDEBEC and Andree MARTIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre MARTIN and Catherine VIGNEAU

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

Madeleine married Nicolas MORIN dit VALCOURT 15 November 1706 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nicolas MORIN dit VALCOURT was born 11 June 1684 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Nicolas was the child of Alphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marie-Madeleine NORMAND.

Madeleine MERCIER died 22 April 1774 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Madeleine MERCIER married

Nicolas MORIN dit VALCOURT-- Date: 15 November 1706 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Nicolas MORIN dit VALCOURT was the child of Alphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marie-Madeleine NORMAND

Children of Nicolas MORIN dit VALCOURT and Madeleine MERCIER:

Marie-Madeleine MORIN (b.27 November 1707, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 26 December 1784, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Alexis COUTURE dit LAMONDE 30 January 1721 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1682 Birth
27 April 1682
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1706 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine MERCIER and Nicolas MORIN dit VALCOURT 15 November 1706, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 24 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MORIN was born 27 November 1707, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Madeleine was 25 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1721 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine MORIN married 30 January 1721, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Alexis COUTURE dit LAMONDE

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.