Marguerite-Amable FAFARD

(b. 28 February 1741 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. 31 December 1824 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite-Amable FAFARD was born 28 February 1741 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Amable FAFARD was the child of Joseph FAFARD and Marguerite LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François FAFARD dit DELORME and Madeleine Marguerite JOBIN (maternal) Antoine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS (DESMARAIS) and Barbe GODEFROY

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

Marguerite-Amable married Michel-Amable MOREAU 12 January 1761 in Berthierville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Michel-Amable MOREAU was born 6 June 1739 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Michel-Amable died 20 May 1778 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Michel-Amable was the child of Michel MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Agnes DOUCET.

Marguerite-Amable FAFARD died 31 December 1824 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Marguerite-Amable FAFARD married

Michel-Amable MOREAU-- Date: 12 January 1761 Place: Berthierville, Canada
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Michel-Amable MOREAU was the child of Michel MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Agnes DOUCET

Children of Michel-Amable MOREAU and Marguerite-Amable FAFARD:

Marguerite MOREAU (b.20 December 1761, Berthierville, Canada d. 10 September 1799, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE 20 January 1783 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Amable MOREAU (b.26 September 1763, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte JOBIN dite BOISVERT 9 January 1792 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1741 Birth
28 February 1741
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Amable FAFARD and Michel-Amable MOREAU 12 January 1761, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 19 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marguerite MOREAU was born 20 December 1761, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marguerite-Amable was 20 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
Amable MOREAU was born 26 September 1763, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Amable was 22 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.

1778 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel-Amable MOREAU died 20 May 1778, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1783 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MOREAU married 20 January 1783, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Amable MOREAU married 9 January 1792, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Josephte JOBIN dite BOISVERT

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

1799 Death of Child
Marguerite MOREAU died 10 September 1799, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite-Amable was 58 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 Death
31 December 1824
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 83.

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