Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET

(b. 13 May 1725 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1803 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET was born 13 May 1725 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise LUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOUSQUET and Catherine FOURRIER (maternal) Jacques LUSSIER and Catherine CLERICE

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Marie-Elisabeth married Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS 14 November 1746 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was born 28 August 1724 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Michel died 24 November 1800 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Michel was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET and Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT.

Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET died 5 April 1803 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET married

Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS-- Date: 14 November 1746 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
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Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET and Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT

Children of Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET:

Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS (b.3 February 1749, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 27 November 1814, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise PELLETIER 12 October 1767 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1725 Birth
13 May 1725
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET and Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS 14 November 1746, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 21 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was born 3 February 1749, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Elisabeth was 23 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS married 12 October 1767 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Louise PELLETIER

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.

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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS died 24 November 1800, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)