Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS

(b. 28 May 1728 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1812 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS was born 28 May 1728 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS was the child of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse-Louise PASTOUREL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) and Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) (maternal) Claude PASTOUREL dit LAFRANCHISE (PASTOREL) and Marguerite-Perrine MOUSSEAU

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

Marie-Madeleine married Joachim TELLIER 4 February 1749 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Joachim TELLIER was born 21 September 1724 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Joachim died 28 November 1790 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Joachim was the child of Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU.

Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS died 15 December 1812 in L'Assomption, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS married

Joachim TELLIER-- Date: 4 February 1749 Place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Joachim TELLIER was the child of Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU

Children of Joachim TELLIER and Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS:

Joachim TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.28 September 1750, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 17 January 1821, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)

Louis TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.30 August 1760, L'Assomption, Canada d. , )

Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.30 August 1760, L'Assomption, Canada d. 2 May 1826, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

Marie-Louise TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE (b.8 November 1761, L'Assomption, Canada d. 4 March 1794, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.21 June 1765, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 March 1797, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.15 October 1767, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 June 1853, L'Assomption, Canada East )

Madeleine TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE (b.28 January 1769, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1728 Birth
28 May 1728
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS and Joachim TELLIER 4 February 1749 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 20 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Joachim TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 28 September 1750, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 22 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 30 August 1760, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 32 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Louis TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 30 August 1760, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 32 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 8 November 1761, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 33 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 21 June 1765, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 37 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 15 October 1767, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 39 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Madeleine TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 28 January 1769, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 40 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joachim TELLIER died 28 November 1790, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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

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

1794 Death of Child
Marie-Louise TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE died 4 March 1794, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 65 years old.

1797 Death of Child
Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE died 2 March 1797, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 68 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Death
15 December 1812
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 84.

Added: 3/19/2017 12:05:45 PM - Updated: 3/19/2017 12:07:38 PM