Pierre-Joseph TROTTIER

(b. 19 April 1720 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 January 1777 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Joseph TROTTIER was born 19 April 1720 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre-Joseph TROTTIER was the child of Pierre TROTTIER dit DUVERNAY and Catherine ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Benjamin TROTTIER and Jeanne ROBILLARD (maternal) François ROY and Marie CÉCIRE

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Pierre-Joseph married Geneviève POIRIER 1 July 1743 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève POIRIER was born 1 August 1722 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Geneviève died 20 November 1790 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Geneviève was the child of Jean POIRIER and Marguerite JARRY.

Pierre-Joseph TROTTIER died 11 January 1777 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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Pierre-Joseph TROTTIER married

Geneviève POIRIER-- Date: 1 July 1743 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Geneviève POIRIER was the child of Jean POIRIER and Marguerite JARRY

Children of Pierre-Joseph TROTTIER and Geneviève POIRIER:

Antoine TROTTIER (b.23 April 1762, Lachine, Montréal, Canada d. , )
m. Thérèse GAUTHIER 4 February 1788 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1720 Birth
19 April 1720
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Joseph TROTTIER and Geneviève POIRIER 1 July 1743, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Antoine TROTTIER was born 23 April 1762, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Pierre-Joseph was 42 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.

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.