Paul COUTU

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 November 1803 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada )

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Paul COUTU was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Paul COUTU was the child of Étienne COUTU (COTTU) and Marguerite COULON dite MABRIAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François COUTU (COTTU) and Louise LESIEGE (maternal) René COULON dit MABRIAN and Geneviève VANIER dite LAFONTAINE

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Paul married Marie-Josephte FRAPPIER 23 April 1770 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte FRAPPIER was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph FRAPPIER dit HILAIRE BEAUNOYER and Marie-Pierrette GUIGNARD.

Paul COUTU died 16 November 1803 in Lanoraie, 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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Paul COUTU married

Marie-Josephte FRAPPIER-- Date: 23 April 1770 Place: Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte FRAPPIER was the child of Joseph FRAPPIER dit HILAIRE BEAUNOYER and Marie-Pierrette GUIGNARD

Children of Paul COUTU and Marie-Josephte FRAPPIER:

Josephte COUTU (b.24 March 1781, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste HERVIEUX 30 January 1804 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

François COUTU (b.abt. 1784, , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 December 1853, Lanoraie, Canada East )
m. Josephte AUBIN 18 February 1805 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Paul COUTU and Marie-Josephte FRAPPIER 23 April 1770, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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.