Ursule DUCHESNE

(b. 27 March 1726 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1777 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Ursule DUCHESNE was born 27 March 1726 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Ursule DUCHESNE was the child of Simon DUCHESNE and Marie-Ursule PERRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Catherine RIVET (maternal) Antoine PERRON dit SUIRE and Marie-Jeanne TREMBLAY

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Ursule married Pierre SIMARD 13 August 1744 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Pierre SIMARD was born 8 March 1717 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Pierre died 14 March 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Pierre was the child of Pierre SIMARD and Claire DODIER.

Ursule DUCHESNE died 20 October 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Family and Children of Ursule DUCHESNE

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Ursule DUCHESNE married

Pierre SIMARD-- Date: 13 August 1744 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Pierre SIMARD was the child of Pierre SIMARD and Claire DODIER

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Children of Pierre SIMARD and Ursule DUCHESNE:

Pierre-Felix-Urbain SIMARD (b.8 March 1745, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )

Ursule-Pelagie SIMARD (b.14 December 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )

Marguerite-Josephte-Euphr SIMARD (b.6 March 1749, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph-Marie SIMARD (b.14 April 1751, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Emerentienne LAVOIE 16 January 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis SIMARD (b.10 June 1753, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 17 February 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Felicite SIMARD 2 February 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
m. Elisabeth CUNNINGHAM 26 August 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Genevieve SIMARD (b.14 January 1756, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

Antoine-Salomon SIMARD (b.15 January 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Thecle-Thaddee LAVOIE 28 August 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Francois SIMARD (b.9 September 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. , )

Josephte SIMARD (b.11 October 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Michel POTVIN 18 January 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Salomon SIMARD (b.8 November 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 November 1848, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Marie GAMACHE 23 June 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Dorothee SIMARD (b.24 May 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1726 Birth
27 March 1726
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Ursule DUCHESNE and Pierre SIMARD 13 August 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 18 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Pierre-Felix-Urbain SIMARD was born 8 March 1745, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 18 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Ursule-Pelagie SIMARD was born 14 December 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 20 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Josephte-Euphr SIMARD was born 6 March 1749, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 22 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie SIMARD was born 14 April 1751, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 25 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Louis SIMARD was born 10 June 1753, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 27 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve SIMARD was born 14 January 1756, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 29 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Antoine-Salomon SIMARD was born 15 January 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 31 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois SIMARD was born 9 September 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 34 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Josephte SIMARD was born 11 October 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 37 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Salomon SIMARD was born 8 November 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 39 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Dorothee SIMARD was born 24 May 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ursule was 42 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.