Prisque LEGRIS

(b. 9 May 1735 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1804 , Laval, Lower Canada )

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Prisque LEGRIS was born 9 May 1735 in Québec, Canada, New France

Prisque LEGRIS was the child of Claude LEGRIS and Josephte MARTIN dite JOLICOEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Adrien LEGRIS and Marie-Françoise BRANCHE (maternal) Nicolas MARTIN dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Angelique BACON (BASCON)

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Prisque married Marie Anne SOLET 5 June 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne SOLET was born 27 April 1739 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Breton Island). Marie Anne died 6 March 1808 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Marie Anne was the child of Jean SOLET and Marie Anne LEMANQUET.

Prisque LEGRIS died 7 January 1804 in Laval, 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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Prisque LEGRIS married

Marie Anne SOLET-- Date: 5 June 1756 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie Anne SOLET was the child of Jean SOLET and Marie Anne LEMANQUET

Children of Prisque LEGRIS and Marie Anne SOLET:

Pierre LEGRIS (b.3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1820, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite VAUDRY 16 October 1797 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1735 Birth
9 May 1735
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Prisque LEGRIS and Marie Anne SOLET 5 June 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 21 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Pierre LEGRIS was born 3 April 1765, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Prisque was 29 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.