Nicolas PLANTE

(b. 26 May 1699 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 January 1780 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Nicolas PLANTE was born 26 May 1699 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Nicolas PLANTE was the child of Georges PLANTE and Marguerite CRÉPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PLANTE and Françoise BOUCHER (maternal) Maurice CRÉPEAU and Marguerite LAVERDURE

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

Nicolas married Marie BROCHU 22 September 1731 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BROCHU was born 30 January 1699 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Marie died 2 January 1772 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie was the child of Jean BROCHU and Marie-Françoise DELAUNAY.

Nicolas PLANTE died 18 January 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Marie Brochu
22 September 1731

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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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Nicolas PLANTE married

Marie BROCHU-- Date: 22 September 1731 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie BROCHU was the child of Jean BROCHU and Marie-Françoise DELAUNAY

Children of Nicolas PLANTE and Marie BROCHU:

Joseph-Marie PLANTE (b.16 March 1737, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1791, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise GOSSELIN 4 February 1771 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1699 Birth
26 May 1699
Saint-Jean-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
Nicolas PLANTE and Marie BROCHU 22 September 1731, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 32 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie PLANTE was born 16 March 1737, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas was 37 years old.

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie PLANTE married 4 February 1771, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Françoise GOSSELIN

1772 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BROCHU died 2 January 1772, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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.