Pierre CHOUINARD

(b. 12 December 1725 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 27 January 1804 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Pierre CHOUINARD was born 12 December 1725 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Pierre CHOUINARD was the child of Pierre CHOUINARD and Marie-Ursule MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques CHOUINARD and Louise JEAN (maternal) Louis MARTIN and Louise-Angélique RATTÉ

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Pierre married Madeleine MORIN 1 February 1749 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine MORIN was born abt. 1732 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine died 3 October 1796 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Sebastien MORIN and Françoise BLANCHET.

Pierre married (2) Angélique BÉCHARD 28 October 1799 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . Angélique BÉCHARD was born 27 May 1733 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Angélique died 7 February 1810 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Louis BÉCHARD and Catherine-Francoise GUENETTE.

Pierre CHOUINARD died 27 January 1804 in L'Islet, 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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Pierre CHOUINARD married

Madeleine MORIN-- Date: 1 February 1749 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Madeleine MORIN was the child of Sebastien MORIN and Françoise BLANCHET

Children of Pierre CHOUINARD and Madeleine MORIN:

Madeleine CHOUINARD (b.abt. 1755, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 November 1825, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Louis FOURNIER 8 November 1779 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jacques CHOUINARD (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 August 1830, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Francoise DUCROS dite LATERREUR 22 July 1782 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Joseph CHOUINARD (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 May 1843, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)
m. Catherine MORIN 8 January 1788 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Pierre CHOUINARD married

Angélique BÉCHARD-- Date: 28 October 1799 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Angélique BÉCHARD was the child of Louis BÉCHARD and Catherine-Francoise GUENETTE

Children of Pierre CHOUINARD and Angélique BÉCHARD:

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1725 Birth
12 December 1725
L'Islet, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CHOUINARD and Madeleine MORIN 1 February 1749 , Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 23 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.

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Madeleine CHOUINARD married 8 November 1779, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Louis FOURNIER

1782 Marriage of Child
Jacques CHOUINARD married 22 July 1782, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Francoise DUCROS dite LATERREUR

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph CHOUINARD married 8 January 1788, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Catherine MORIN

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

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