Marie-Agathe MASTA

(b. 22 September 1729 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1784 , Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Agathe MASTA was born 22 September 1729 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Marie-Agathe MASTA was the child of Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin MASTA and Antoinette-Catherine ÉLOY (maternal) Guillaume LECLERC and Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT

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

Marie-Agathe married Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 30 April 1753 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 22 May 1718 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Joseph-Paul died 9 June 1767 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Joseph-Paul was the child of Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Anne BRODEUR.

Marie-Agathe MASTA died 21 November 1784 in Lachenaie, 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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Marie-Agathe MASTA married

Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)-- Date: 30 April 1753 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was the child of Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Anne BRODEUR

Children of Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Agathe MASTA:

Agathe BISSONNETTE (b.29 December 1758, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Ignace POULIN 12 January 1778 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Joseph-Paul BISSONNETTE (b.abt. 1761, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Josephe BISSONNETTE (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1729 Birth
22 September 1729
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Agathe MASTA and Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 30 April 1753, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 23 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Agathe BISSONNETTE was born 29 December 1758, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Agathe was 29 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.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) died 9 June 1767, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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.