Mathieu RATTÉ (RATE)

(b. 13 March 1708 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1786 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Mathieu RATTÉ (RATE) was born 13 March 1708 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Mathieu RATTÉ (RATE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste RATTÉ (RATE) and Madeleine BLOUARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques RATTÉ and Anne-Marie MARTIN (maternal) Mathurin BLOUARD and Marie-Marguerite PAULET

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

Mathieu married Marie-Anne MARTEL 4 April 1731 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne MARTEL was born 28 May 1711 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 9 December 1749 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Antoine MARTEL and Catherine GUILLOT.

Mathieu RATTÉ (RATE) died 1 December 1786 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Gingras Francoise
m. Martel Marie-Anne

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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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Mathieu RATTÉ (RATE) married

Marie-Anne MARTEL-- Date: 4 April 1731 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne MARTEL was the child of Antoine MARTEL and Catherine GUILLOT

Children of Mathieu RATTÉ (RATE) and Marie-Anne MARTEL:

Joseph-Gaspard RATTÉ (RATE) (b.5 January 1746, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1815, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte PETITCLERC 12 January 1767 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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1708 Birth
13 March 1708
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1731 Marriage / Partner
Mathieu RATTÉ (RATE) and Marie-Anne MARTEL 4 April 1731, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Joseph-Gaspard RATTÉ (RATE) was born 5 January 1746, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Mathieu was 37 years old.

1749 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne MARTEL died 9 December 1749, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Gaspard RATTÉ (RATE) married 12 January 1767, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephte PETITCLERC

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.