Alexis MATTE

(b. 22 September 1721 , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 April 1781 , Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Alexis MATTE was born 22 September 1721 in Québec Province, Canada

Alexis MATTE was the child of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Françoise CARPENTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas MATTE and Marie-Madeleine AUVRAY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER and Marie-Françoise GENTIL (GENTY)

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

Alexis married Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC 23 August 1745 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC was born 28 February 1726 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Thérèse died 18 October 1782 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Pierre GIGNAC and Brigitte PETIT.

Alexis MATTE died 9 April 1781 in Lavaltrie, 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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Alexis MATTE married

Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC-- Date: 23 August 1745 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
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Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC was the child of Pierre GIGNAC and Brigitte PETIT

Children of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC:

Alexis MATTE (b.28 May 1746, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 26 August 1814, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite CHARBONNEAU 8 November 1768 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Thérèse MATTE (b.16 February 1748, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 30 April 1817, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Louis MANDEVILLE 10 November 1766 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Madeleine MATTE (b.22 January 1750, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 16 July 1790, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. François-Antoine MENARD 10 October 1766 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Angélique MATTE (b.3 June 1755, Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1830, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )
m. Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE 16 October 1775 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

André MATTE (b.25 October 1763, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Rosalie BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE 13 January 1783 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Theodore MATTE (b.29 March 1765, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Julie FORTIER 16 August 1791 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Joseph-Ambroise MATTE (b.10 May 1770, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Thérèse ROBILLARD 3 March 1794 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1721 Birth
22 September 1721
Québec Province, Canada

1745 Marriage / Partner
Alexis MATTE and Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC 23 August 1745, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 23 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Alexis MATTE was born 28 May 1746, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Alexis was 24 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse MATTE was born 16 February 1748, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Alexis was 26 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MATTE was born 22 January 1750, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Alexis was 28 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique MATTE was born 3 June 1755, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Alexis was 33 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
André MATTE was born 25 October 1763, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Alexis was 42 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Theodore MATTE was born 29 March 1765, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Alexis was 43 years old.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine MATTE married 10 October 1766, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to François-Antoine MENARD

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse MATTE married 10 November 1766, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to Louis MANDEVILLE

1768 Marriage of Child
Alexis MATTE married 8 November 1768, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to Marie-Marguerite CHARBONNEAU

1770 Birth of Child
Joseph-Ambroise MATTE was born 10 May 1770, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Alexis was 48 years old.

1775 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique MATTE married 16 October 1775, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE

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.