Marie-Louise BROSSEAU

(b. 10 August 1742 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 8 July 1793 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise BROSSEAU was born 10 August 1742 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise BROSSEAU was the child of Pierre BROSSEAU and Marie-Jeanne MOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Hebert BROSSEAU (BROUSSEAU) and Barbe BOURBON (maternal) Pierre MOQUIN and Marie-Catherine BISAILLON

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Marie-Louise married Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS 1 July 1765 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas was the child of Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS and Thérèse SENÉCAL.

Marie-Louise BROSSEAU died 8 July 1793 in La Prairie, 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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Marie-Louise BROSSEAU married

Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS-- Date: 1 July 1765 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
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Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS and Thérèse SENÉCAL

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Louise BROSSEAU:

Marie-Louise GERVAIS (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE 25 June 1781 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1742 Birth
10 August 1742
La Prairie, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise BROSSEAU and Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS 1 July 1765 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 22 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise GERVAIS married 25 June 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE

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