Ignace CAMPEAU

(b. 22 July 1737 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 8 February 1825 , Saint-Benoît, Quebec, Canada )

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Ignace CAMPEAU was born 22 July 1737 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Ignace CAMPEAU was the child of Paul CAMPEAU and Elisabeth FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CAMPEAU and Madeleine BROSSARD (maternal) Pierre-Noël FORTIER and Anne LECLERC

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

Ignace married Madeleine CAPLET 18 November 1771 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine CAPLET was born 15 May 1752 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Madeleine died 18 January 1817 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Pierre CAPLET and Catherine LEFEBVRE.

Ignace CAMPEAU died 8 February 1825 in Saint-Benoît, Quebec, 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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Ignace CAMPEAU married

Madeleine CAPLET-- Date: 18 November 1771 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine CAPLET was the child of Pierre CAPLET and Catherine LEFEBVRE

Children of Ignace CAMPEAU and Madeleine CAPLET:

Marie-Josephte CAMPEAU (b.20 February 1790, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 July 1851, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis LEMIEUX 6 February 1809 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1737 Birth
22 July 1737
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Ignace CAMPEAU and Madeleine CAPLET 18 November 1771, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 34 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.