Marie-Archange DESMARAIS

(b. 23 September 1751 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 17 February 1810 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Archange DESMARAIS was born 23 September 1751 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Marie-Archange DESMARAIS was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET and Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise LUSSIER

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Marie-Archange married Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE 2 October 1775 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 25 February 1753 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Amable-Louis died 1 April 1826 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Amable-Louis was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN.

Marie-Archange DESMARAIS died 17 February 1810 in Verchères, 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-Archange DESMARAIS married

Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE-- Date: 2 October 1775 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN

Children of Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Archange DESMARAIS:

Louis FONTAINE (b.4 May 1779, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine GUYON dite LEMOINE 16 July 1810 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Amable FONTAINE (b.abt. 1782, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Angelique RENAUD 21 November 1803 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Catherine FONTAINE (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Basile CHARRON 29 September 1806 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François PION dit LAFONTAINE (b.abt. 1793, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1751 Birth
23 September 1751
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Archange DESMARAIS and Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE 2 October 1775, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

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.

1779 Birth of Child
Louis FONTAINE was born 4 May 1779, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Archange was 27 years old.

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Amable FONTAINE married 21 November 1803, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Angelique RENAUD

1806 Marriage of Child
Catherine FONTAINE married 29 September 1806, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Basile CHARRON