Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX

(b. abt. 1708 , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 March 1781 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX was born abt. 1708 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX was the child of Gilles BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Marthe GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Jeanne TOUZE

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Marie-Madeleine married Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES 30 April 1731 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES was born 8 February 1705 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Joseph died 25 May 1778 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Joseph was the child of Etienne LARUE and Madeleine-Marie-Anne JUIN.

Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX died 25 March 1781 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Larue Joseph

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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-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX married

Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES-- Date: 30 April 1731 Place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES was the child of Etienne LARUE and Madeleine-Marie-Anne JUIN

Children of Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES and Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX:

Elisabeth LARUE dite DESPLAINES (b.29 March 1732, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 18 November 1804, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Amable AVARE 5 May 1760 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES (b.7 November 1746, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE 11 February 1771 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1731 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX and Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES 30 April 1731, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

1732 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LARUE dite DESPLAINES was born 29 March 1732, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

1746 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES was born 7 November 1746, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth LARUE dite DESPLAINES married 5 May 1760, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Louis-Amable AVARE

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LARUE dit DESPLAINES married 11 February 1771, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Josephe LAVIOLETTE

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.