Marie-Françoise BROUILLET

(b. 30 September 1708 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1785 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Françoise BROUILLET was born 30 September 1708 in Laval, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise BROUILLET was the child of Jean BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Francoise LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BROUILLET dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie DUBOIS (maternal) Robert LECLERC and Marie JALAIS

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Marie-Françoise married Pierre-Gilles MASSON 18 August 1727 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre-Gilles MASSON was born 7 December 1700 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Pierre-Gilles died 1 January 1779 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Gilles was the child of Pierre MASSON and Catherine LEFRANCOIS.

Marie-Françoise BROUILLET died 29 January 1785 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Marie-Françoise BROUILLET married

Pierre-Gilles MASSON-- Date: 18 August 1727 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
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Pierre-Gilles MASSON was the child of Pierre MASSON and Catherine LEFRANCOIS

Children of Pierre-Gilles MASSON and Marie-Françoise BROUILLET:

Marie-Josephte MASSON (b.29 March 1735, Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. 21 February 1798, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Charles-Joachim LABELLE 12 November 1753 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Catherine MASSON (b.22 June 1741, Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1762, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada )
m. Jean ROCHON 16 January 1758 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1708 Birth
30 September 1708
Laval, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1727 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise BROUILLET and Pierre-Gilles MASSON 18 August 1727, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 18 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte MASSON was born 29 March 1735, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Marie-Françoise was 26 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Catherine MASSON was born 22 June 1741, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Marie-Françoise was 32 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte MASSON married 12 November 1753, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Charles-Joachim LABELLE

1758 Marriage of Child
Catherine MASSON married 16 January 1758, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Jean ROCHON

1762 Death of Child
Catherine MASSON died 1 December 1762, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Marie-Françoise was 54 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.