Marie-Josephte MARCHAND

(b. 5 October 1727 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1767 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephte MARCHAND was born 5 October 1727 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte MARCHAND was the child of Louis MARCHAND and Marie-Jeanne-Therese BOURASSA and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MARCHAND and Madeleine GROLEAU (maternal) Jean BOURASSA and Catherine POITEVIN

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Marie-Josephte married Gabriel DUQUET 22 April 1748 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Gabriel DUQUET was born 10 October 1729 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Gabriel died 20 June 1787 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Gabriel was the child of Gabriel DUQUET dit DESROSIERS and Marguerite HALAY (HALLÉ).

Marie-Josephte MARCHAND died 4 April 1767 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Duquet Gabriel

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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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Marie-Josephte MARCHAND married

Gabriel DUQUET-- Date: 22 April 1748 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Gabriel DUQUET was the child of Gabriel DUQUET dit DESROSIERS and Marguerite HALAY (HALLÉ)

Children of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Josephte MARCHAND:

Marie-Geneviève DUQUET dite DESROCHES (b.29 January 1750, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1796, Montmagny, Lower Canada )

Gabriel DUQUET (b.2 May 1760, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada d. 11 August 1839, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Marie Anne UNKNOWN 6 October 1783 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Josephte DUQUET (b.15 September 1761, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada d. 2 January 1825, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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1727 Birth
5 October 1727
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte MARCHAND and Gabriel DUQUET 22 April 1748, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 20 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève DUQUET dite DESROCHES was born 29 January 1750, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie-Josephte was 22 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Gabriel DUQUET was born 2 May 1760, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie-Josephte was 32 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Josephte DUQUET was born 15 September 1761, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie-Josephte 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.