Louis LEMIEUX

(b. 8 March 1707 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 20 December 1783 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis LEMIEUX was born 8 March 1707 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Louis LEMIEUX was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LEMIEUX and Marie-Madeleine COTE (maternal) Charles FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Xainte CLOUTIER

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

Louis married Louise GAMACHE 22 November 1734 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louise GAMACHE was born 8 August 1716 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Louise died 16 June 1782 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Louise was the child of Augustin GAMACHE and Louise CARON.

Louis LEMIEUX died 20 December 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Louis LEMIEUX married

Louise GAMACHE-- Date: 22 November 1734 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
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Louise GAMACHE was the child of Augustin GAMACHE and Louise CARON

Children of Louis LEMIEUX and Louise GAMACHE:

Ignace LEMIEUX (b.31 July 1739, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Geneviève BERNIER 28 October 1761 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis LEMIEUX (b.17 June 1741, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 28 June 1826, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite BLANCHET 20 January 1779 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX (b.26 April 1743, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1832, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Gabriel GUIMOND 10 April 1763 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1707 Birth
8 March 1707
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Louis LEMIEUX and Louise GAMACHE 22 November 1734, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 27 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Ignace LEMIEUX was born 31 July 1739, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 32 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Louis LEMIEUX was born 17 June 1741, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 34 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX was born 26 April 1743, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 36 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Ignace LEMIEUX married 28 October 1761 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Geneviève BERNIER

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 Marriage of Child
Reine-Ursule LEMIEUX married 10 April 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Jean-Gabriel GUIMOND

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.