Claude POTHIER

(b. 5 July 1648 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 11 August 1728 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Claude POTHIER was born 5 July 1648 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Claude POTHIER was the child of ? and ?

Claude was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1688.

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

Claude married Marie-Louise BOISDON 26 November 1670 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Marie-Louise BOISDON was born 28 August 1650 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Marie-Louise died 10 June 1702 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Claude POTHIER died 11 August 1728 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Guillaume Pothier and Marie Picauldeau

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Claude POTHIER

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Claude POTHIER married

Marie-Louise BOISDON-- Date: 26 November 1670 Place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Children of Claude POTHIER and Marie-Louise BOISDON:

Marie POTHIER (b.abt. 1673, , France d. 15 March 1734, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Charles MILLOT (MILOT) 12 May 1689 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Anne POTHIER (b.20 July 1688, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 25 September 1714, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jean BINEAU dit LAJEUNESSE 5 December 1705 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1648 Birth
5 July 1648
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Claude POTHIER and Marie-Louise BOISDON 26 November 1670 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

He was 22 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne POTHIER was born 20 July 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Claude was 40 years old.

1689 Marriage of Child
Marie POTHIER married 12 May 1689 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Charles MILLOT (MILOT)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1702 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise BOISDON died 10 June 1702, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1705 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne POTHIER married 5 December 1705, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Jean BINEAU dit LAJEUNESSE

1714 Death of Child
Marie-Anne POTHIER died 25 September 1714, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Claude was 66 years old.