Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE

(b. 8 April 1727 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1807 , Donnacona, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE was born 8 April 1727 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE was the child of Guillaume LEFEBVRE and Marie-Angélique RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LADOUCEUR and Marie MARCOTTE (maternal) François RICHARD and Marie-Angélique BERTRAND

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

Marie-Madeleine married Louis-Joseph PLEAU 20 February 1748 in Donnacona, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Joseph PLEAU was born 29 April 1726 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Louis-Joseph died 30 May 1792 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Louis-Joseph was the child of Ignace PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine GODIN.

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE died 4 August 1807 in Donnacona, 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 LEFEBVRE married

Louis-Joseph PLEAU-- Date: 20 February 1748 Place: Donnacona, Canada, New France
Louis-Joseph PLEAU was the child of Ignace PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine GODIN

Children of Louis-Joseph PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE:

Jean-Baptiste PLEAU (b.14 March 1757, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 1 February 1827, Donnacona, Lower Canada )
m. Rosalie-Angelique GODIN 24 November 1783 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1727 Birth
8 April 1727
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE and Louis-Joseph PLEAU 20 February 1748, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

She was 20 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLEAU was born 14 March 1757, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Marie-Madeleine was 29 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.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLEAU married 24 November 1783, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Rosalie-Angelique GODIN

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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