Thérèse PETIT

(b. 15 March 1736 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1805 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Thérèse PETIT was born 15 March 1736 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Thérèse PETIT was the child of Jean-François PETIT and Madeleine-Françoise MATTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas PETIT and Marie-Marguerite BERTRAND (maternal) Laurent MATTE and Françoise SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE

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

Thérèse married François-De-Sales LEFEBVRE 14 February 1763 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-De-Sales LEFEBVRE was born 1 November 1740 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). François-De-Sales died 7 April 1813 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). François-De-Sales was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise GIGNAC.

Thérèse PETIT died 4 February 1805 in Cap-Santé, Lower 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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Thérèse PETIT married

François-De-Sales LEFEBVRE-- Date: 14 February 1763 Place: Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada
François-De-Sales LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise GIGNAC

Children of François-De-Sales LEFEBVRE and Thérèse PETIT:

Thérèse LEFEBVRE (b.9 July 1765, Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 May 1807, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie FRENETTE 12 November 1792 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1736 Birth
15 March 1736
Cap-Santé, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse PETIT and François-De-Sales LEFEBVRE 14 February 1763, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 26 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Thérèse LEFEBVRE was born 9 July 1765, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Thérèse was 29 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage of Child
Thérèse LEFEBVRE married 12 November 1792, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Joseph-Marie FRENETTE

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)