Nicolas LETOURNEAU

(b. 18 September 1707 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 16 June 1788 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Nicolas LETOURNEAU was born 18 September 1707 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Nicolas LETOURNEAU was the child of Louis LÉTOURNEAU and Anne BLOUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) David LÉTOURNEAU and Françoise CHAPELAIN (maternal) Mery (Mederic) (Emery) BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie CARREAU

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Nicolas married Thérèse LABRECQUE 7 February 1736 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse LABRECQUE was born 5 August 1709 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thérèse died 23 January 1799 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thérèse was the child of Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE.

Nicolas LETOURNEAU died 16 June 1788 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, 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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Nicolas LETOURNEAU married

Thérèse LABRECQUE-- Date: 7 February 1736 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Thérèse LABRECQUE was the child of Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE

Children of Nicolas LETOURNEAU and Thérèse LABRECQUE:

Thérèse LETOURNEAU (b.5 January 1737, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1815, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE 24 January 1763 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jacques LETOURNEAU (b.6 February 1739, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1817, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Marie MEUNIER 8 April 1777 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1707 Birth
18 September 1707
Saint-Laurent-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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas LETOURNEAU and Thérèse LABRECQUE 7 February 1736 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Thérèse LETOURNEAU was born 5 January 1737, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 29 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Jacques LETOURNEAU was born 6 February 1739, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 31 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Thérèse LETOURNEAU married 24 January 1763 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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.