{"id":1419,"date":"2020-02-21T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T17:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/?p=1419\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T15:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T20:15:03","slug":"witnessing-history-through-parish-registers-the-french-and-indian-war-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2020\/02\/21\/witnessing-history-through-parish-registers-the-french-and-indian-war-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnessing history through parish registers: The French and Indian War, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IGD-large-EN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-94\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IGD-large-EN-1024x338.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IGD-large-EN-1024x338.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IGD-large-EN-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IGD-large-EN-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IGD-large-EN.png 1867w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Seven Years\u2019 War (1756-1763) marks a turning point for New France, which changes hands. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2020\/02\/05\/witnessing-history-through-parish-registers-the-french-and-indian-war-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2020\/02\/05\/witnessing-history-through-parish-registers-the-french-and-indian-war-part-1\/\">first part of this blog article<\/a> narrated, via the parish registers of the Catholic Church, the events that led to the assault of Quebec City.<\/p>\n<p>We pick up the story in September 1759, at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. After a successful landing at the Anse-au-Foulon (Wolfe\u2019s Cove), west of Quebec City, the British troops reach the heights of Quebec City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/141779b7-41cc-4da2-a710-8923713368a3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/141779b7-41cc-4da2-a710-8923713368a3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/141779b7-41cc-4da2-a710-8923713368a3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" data-file-id=\"1536758\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/141779b7-41cc-4da2-a710-8923713368a3.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">This 1797 engraving is based on a sketch made by Hervey Smyth, General Wolfe&#8217;s aide-de-camp during the siege of Quebec. A view of the taking of Quebec, 13th September 1759.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The battle results in a British victory and the death of the enemy generals Montcalm and Wolfe.<br \/>\nThe burial of Montcalm is recorded in the register of Notre-Dame-de-Qu\u00e9bec in Quebec City, with the honours due to his rank:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>was buried in the Church of the Ursulines of Quebec City high and mighty Lord Louis-Joseph Marquess of Montcalm General Lieutenant of the armies of the King, Commander of the Royal and military order of St. Louis, Chief Commandant of the land troops in North America, who passed away the same day from the wounds suffered at the battle the preceding day, comforted with the sacraments which he received with a lot of piety and Religion<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/59ebb60a-0aac-4177-9d8b-d293c7592b96.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/59ebb60a-0aac-4177-9d8b-d293c7592b96.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/59ebb60a-0aac-4177-9d8b-d293c7592b96.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"304\" data-file-id=\"1536702\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/59ebb60a-0aac-4177-9d8b-d293c7592b96.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source: Record 253561, LAFRANCE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In these registers, the titles of nobility are side by side with the most anonymous descriptions: for example, we can find this burial of an unknown soldier.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201ca French soldier of whom I could not know the name nor the regiment, all that someone could tell me is that before his illness he wore the wig, and being wounded at the battle on the thirteenth of this month, we was taken on an English ship where he died in the harbour.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/b362cfed-c4e3-42bd-94f1-6ca598793aae.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/b362cfed-c4e3-42bd-94f1-6ca598793aae.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/b362cfed-c4e3-42bd-94f1-6ca598793aae.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"217\" data-file-id=\"1536710\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/b362cfed-c4e3-42bd-94f1-6ca598793aae.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source: Record\u00a0253571, LAFRANCE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We often tend to forget that it is not on the Plains of Abraham that is played the ultimate round of this conflict between the British and the French. While Quebec City is occupied, the French officers ask the king for reinforcements with the intent of retaking Quebec City in the spring. On April 28th, 1760, the Battle of Sainte-Foy is won by the French against a British Army diminished by the harsh winter, resulting in high casualties on both sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e6febbed-d6b1-49f8-9283-4e72452b648d.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e6febbed-d6b1-49f8-9283-4e72452b648d.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e6febbed-d6b1-49f8-9283-4e72452b648d.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"217\" data-file-id=\"1536722\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e6febbed-d6b1-49f8-9283-4e72452b648d.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source: Record\u00a0256530, LAFRANCE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e5b8b0af-e6e3-461d-a1b5-1dbbda902f61.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e5b8b0af-e6e3-461d-a1b5-1dbbda902f61.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e5b8b0af-e6e3-461d-a1b5-1dbbda902f61.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" data-file-id=\"1536726\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/e5b8b0af-e6e3-461d-a1b5-1dbbda902f61.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">List of deaths recorded in the General Hospital of Quebec after the battle of Sainte-Foy. Source: LAFRANCE search, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, the French reinforcements never arrive and the first ship to reach Quebec City after the ice melts is British. The French are forced to retreat to Montreal, where the capitulation is signed on September 8th, 1760. The Treaty of Paris of 1763, which terminates the Seven Years\u2019 War, officializes the change of hands of New France.<\/p>\n<p>However, the traces of the French and Indian War in the records are not all as morbid. The cohabitation of the military men of the British Army and the local population also results in new baptisms and marriages. The following record, dated November 21st, 1760, is the baptism of Guillaume, an \u201cEnglish boy whose father and mother are unknown\u201d, a standard formula for illegitimate children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/c351046f-c1f2-4e5d-96e7-939884dc470a.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/c351046f-c1f2-4e5d-96e7-939884dc470a.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/c351046f-c1f2-4e5d-96e7-939884dc470a.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" data-file-id=\"1536738\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/c351046f-c1f2-4e5d-96e7-939884dc470a.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source: Record\u00a0248004, LAFRANCE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In another record, dated June 12th, 1761, another child is baptized with \u201cunknown parents\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/ce1715e7-590f-4bbc-967e-f7c57c4129d5.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/ce1715e7-590f-4bbc-967e-f7c57c4129d5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/ce1715e7-590f-4bbc-967e-f7c57c4129d5.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"207\" data-file-id=\"1536742\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/ce1715e7-590f-4bbc-967e-f7c57c4129d5.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source: Record 248097, LAFRANCE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, we learn at her parents\u2019 marriage in 1765 that little \u00c9lisabeth was born from a Swiss father serving in the British troops and a French-Canadian mother.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/7342ac25-133f-49da-979e-0bc4f0ce94cd.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/7342ac25-133f-49da-979e-0bc4f0ce94cd.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/7342ac25-133f-49da-979e-0bc4f0ce94cd.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" data-file-id=\"1536754\" data-cke-saved-src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/2b0f8252c19c3cd9706a29323\/images\/7342ac25-133f-49da-979e-0bc4f0ce94cd.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source: Record 250388, LAFRANCE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thus, parish registers reveal the first signs of the transformations and upheavals that shake the French-Canadian population at the dawn of a new era. War certainly took the life of numerous young people, but it also brought new dwellers along the shores of the St. Lawrence River. Can you also discern in your own family history the consequences of the Conquest of New France?<\/p>\n<p>Marielle C\u00f4t\u00e9-Gendreau<br \/>\n<em><span class=\"s1\">Student and Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al&#8217;s Programme de recherche en d\u00e9mographie historique (PRDH) collaborator.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seven Years\u2019 War (1756-1763) marks a turning point for New France, which changes hands. The\u00a0first part of this blog article narrated, via the parish registers of the Catholic Church, the events that led to the assault of Quebec City. 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