Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

(b. 13 November 1697 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 March 1776 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) was born 13 November 1697 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) was the child of Sixte LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Reine DEBLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Suzanne JAROUSSEL (maternal) Gregoire DEBLOIS and Françoise VIGER

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

Simon married Marguerite LOIGNON 3 February 1722 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite LOIGNON was born 27 December 1701 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marguerite died 3 June 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Charles-Joseph LOIGNON and Marie-Marguerite ROULOIS.

Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) died 21 March 1776 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Marie Angelique Audet dite Lapointe
24 August 1750
St-Laurent, Ile-d'Orléans

m. Marie Josephte Asselin
12 June 1747
Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans

m. Marguerite Loignon
3 February 1722
Ile D'Orléans

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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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Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) married

Marguerite LOIGNON-- Date: 3 February 1722 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marguerite LOIGNON was the child of Charles-Joseph LOIGNON and Marie-Marguerite ROULOIS

Children of Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Marguerite LOIGNON:

Marie-Marguerite LEREAU (b.26 June 1724, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1808, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Basile GAGNON 18 November 1743 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thérèse L'HEREUX (LEREAU) (b.14 October 1725, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 29 June 1798, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph JINCHEREAU 3 February 1749 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joseph L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) (b.3 August 1732, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 23 May 1823, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Louise EMOND 4 November 1755 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte L'HEREUX (LEREAU) (b.30 October 1734, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 15 June 1810, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph EMOND 26 August 1765 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1697 Birth
13 November 1697
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1722 Marriage / Partner
Simon LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Marguerite LOIGNON 3 February 1722, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite LEREAU was born 26 June 1724, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Simon was 26 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse L'HEREUX (LEREAU) was born 14 October 1725, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Simon was 27 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Joseph L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) was born 3 August 1732, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Simon was 34 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte L'HEREUX (LEREAU) was born 30 October 1734, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Simon was 36 years old.

1743 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite LEREAU married 18 November 1743, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Basile GAGNON

1745 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite LOIGNON died 3 June 1745, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1749 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse L'HEREUX (LEREAU) married 3 February 1749, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Joseph JINCHEREAU

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Joseph L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) married 4 November 1755, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Louise EMOND

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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte L'HEREUX (LEREAU) married 26 August 1765, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Joseph EMOND

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.