François CAMPEAU

(b. 30 May 1699 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 23 March 1774 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François CAMPEAU was born 30 May 1699 in Montréal, Canada, New France

François CAMPEAU was the child of François CAMPEAU and Madeleine BROSSARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne CAMPEAU and Catherine PAULE (maternal) Urbain BROSSARD and Urbaine HODIAU

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

François married Catherine VIGER 31 January 1735 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine VIGER was born 17 September 1711 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 18 August 1790 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Catherine was the child of Charles VIGER and Françoise GUERTIN.

François CAMPEAU died 23 March 1774 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, 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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François CAMPEAU married

Catherine VIGER-- Date: 31 January 1735 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Catherine VIGER was the child of Charles VIGER and Françoise GUERTIN

Children of François CAMPEAU and Catherine VIGER:

Catherine CAMPEAU (b.30 September 1736, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) d. 17 July 1816, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LEGAULT 13 June 1763 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Pierre-Olivier CAMPEAU (b.26 July 1742, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1800, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Angele BISAILLON 9 July 1770 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1699 Birth
30 May 1699
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
François CAMPEAU and Catherine VIGER 31 January 1735 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 35 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Catherine CAMPEAU was born 30 September 1736, Detroit, Michigan, USA

François was 37 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Pierre-Olivier CAMPEAU was born 26 July 1742, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

François was 43 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Catherine CAMPEAU married 13 June 1763, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Jean-Baptiste LEGAULT

1770 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Olivier CAMPEAU married 9 July 1770, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Angele BISAILLON