Thérèse DRAPEAU

(b. abt. 1700 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 June 1785 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse DRAPEAU was born abt. 1700 in Québec Province, Canada

Thérèse DRAPEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU and Marie-Ursule BOLDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine DRAPEAU and Marie-Charlotte JOLY (maternal) Louis BOLDUC and Elisabeth-Isabelle HUBERT

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

Thérèse married Maurice PAQUET 21 February 1724 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Maurice PAQUET was born 16 September 1699 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Maurice died 22 February 1780 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Maurice was the child of Jacques-François PAQUET and Katherine Françoise STEPHENS (STEVENS).

Thérèse DRAPEAU died 11 June 1785 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Maurice Paquet

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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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Family and Children of Thérèse DRAPEAU

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Thérèse DRAPEAU married

Maurice PAQUET-- Date: 21 February 1724 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Maurice PAQUET was the child of Jacques-François PAQUET and Katherine Françoise STEPHENS (STEVENS)

Children of Maurice PAQUET and Thérèse DRAPEAU:

Marie-Josephte PAQUET (b.16 April 1731, Laval, Canada, New France d. 25 September 1786, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Claude GRAVEL 10 November 1748 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Marie-Amable PAQUET (b.30 November 1733, Laval, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1780, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Charles GRAVEL 25 October 1751 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth PAQUET (b.26 November 1736, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louis GRAVEL 25 February 1754 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Maurice PAQUET (b.10 September 1740, Laval, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1811, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Louise BARRETTE 13 October 1760 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Louis-Maurice PAQUET (b.4 April 1742, Laval, Canada, New France d. 5 June 1814, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Reine BOUCHER 22 February 1762 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada
m. Marguerite VAUTOUR 11 September 1780 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1724 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse DRAPEAU and Maurice PAQUET 21 February 1724, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1731 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PAQUET was born 16 April 1731, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1733 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable PAQUET was born 30 November 1733, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1736 Birth of Child
Elisabeth PAQUET was born 26 November 1736, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1740 Birth of Child
Maurice PAQUET was born 10 September 1740, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1742 Birth of Child
Louis-Maurice PAQUET was born 4 April 1742, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1748 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte PAQUET married 10 November 1748, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Claude GRAVEL

1751 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable PAQUET married 25 October 1751, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Charles GRAVEL

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth PAQUET married 25 February 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Louis GRAVEL

1760 Marriage of Child
Maurice PAQUET married 13 October 1760, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise BARRETTE

1762 Marriage of Child
Louis-Maurice PAQUET married 22 February 1762, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Reine BOUCHER

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.

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.