Marie-Judith DESPRÉS

(b. 4 June 1736 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 21 October 1805 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Judith DESPRÉS was born 4 June 1736 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Judith DESPRÉS was the child of Guy-Joseph DESPRÉS and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER

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Marie-Judith married Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE abt. 1754 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE was born 16 June 1723 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Louis-Gabriel was the child of Michel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne MOREAU.

Marie-Judith DESPRÉS died 21 October 1805 in Rimouski, 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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Marie-Judith DESPRÉS married

Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE-- Date: abt. 1754 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE was the child of Michel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne MOREAU

Children of Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Judith DESPRÉS:

Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS (b.10 June 1755, Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 18 February 1837, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève LEPAGE 28 August 1775 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE (b.15 January 1761, Rimouski, Canada d. 17 October 1837, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Jean VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN 1 July 1782 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Jean-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE (b.2 July 1774, Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 December 1814, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte DUBE 23 June 1800 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1736 Birth
4 June 1736
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1755 Birth of Child
Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS was born 10 June 1755, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Marie-Judith was 19 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was born 15 January 1761, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Marie-Judith was 24 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.

1774 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jean-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE was born 2 July 1774, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Marie-Judith was 38 years old.

1775 Marriage of Child
Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS married 28 August 1775, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Geneviève LEPAGE

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE married 1 July 1782, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jean VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN

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

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

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jean-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE married 23 June 1800, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Josephte DUBE