Marie-Anne QUESNEL

(b. 5 April 1718 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 September 1797 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne QUESNEL was born 5 April 1718 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne QUESNEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL and Marie-Jeanne AUBUCHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Olivier QUESNEL and Catherine PRUD'HOMME (maternal) Joseph AUBUCHON dit DESALLIERS and Elisabeth-Isabelle CUSSON

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

Marie-Anne married Paul PICARD 13 April 1739 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul PICARD was born abt. 1712 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Paul died 19 December 1768 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Paul was the child of Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN.

Marie-Anne QUESNEL died 18 September 1797 in Lachine, Montréal, 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-Anne QUESNEL married

Paul PICARD-- Date: 13 April 1739 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Paul PICARD was the child of Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN

Children of Paul PICARD and Marie-Anne QUESNEL:

Marie-Anne PICARD (b.24 June 1743, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 June 1818, Châteauguay, Lower Canada )
m. Toussaint LEGAULT 9 January 1764 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)
m. Jean-Baptiste MAROIS 24 May 1773 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1718 Birth
5 April 1718
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne QUESNEL and Paul PICARD 13 April 1739 , Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

She was 21 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne PICARD was born 24 June 1743, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Marie-Anne was 25 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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PICARD married 9 January 1764, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Toussaint LEGAULT

1768 Death of Spouse/Partner
Paul PICARD died 19 December 1768, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PICARD married 24 May 1773, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Jean-Baptiste MAROIS

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.