Thérèse MAROIS

(b. 19 March 1722 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 April 1778 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse MAROIS was born 19 March 1722 in Québec, Canada, New France

Thérèse MAROIS was the child of Basile MAROIS and Madeleine-Thérèse LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume MAROIS and Catherine LABERGE (maternal) Pierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Marguerite BADEAU (BADAULT)

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

Thérèse married René CHEVALIER 21 January 1743 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
René CHEVALIER was born 20 September 1713 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Thérèse MAROIS died 25 April 1778 in Québec, 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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Thérèse MAROIS married

René CHEVALIER-- Date: 21 January 1743 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Children of René CHEVALIER and Thérèse MAROIS:

Françoise CHEVALIER (b.24 January 1745, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 November 1777, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE 23 June 1772 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Geneviève CHEVALIER (b.28 May 1748, Québec, Canada, New France d. 3 January 1827, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie CHAMBERLAND 22 November 1784 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1722 Birth
19 March 1722
Québec, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse MAROIS and René CHEVALIER 21 January 1743 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 20 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Françoise CHEVALIER was born 24 January 1745, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 22 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Geneviève CHEVALIER was born 28 May 1748, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 26 years old.

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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Françoise CHEVALIER married 23 June 1772, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Joseph DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE

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.

1777 Death of Child
Françoise CHEVALIER died 2 November 1777, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Thérèse was 55 years old.

1778 Death
25 April 1778
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 56.

Added: 2/10/2017 10:20:03 AM - Updated: 6/16/2020 8:20:55 AM