Jacques GENDRON

Born

abt. 1734 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

10 August 1805 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

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François GENDRON Marie-Françoise BILODEAU

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Born: abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François GENDRON

Mother: Marie-Françoise BILODEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GENDRON dit LAFONTAINE , Marie-Anne CHARLAND dite FRANCOEUR

Maternal grandparents: Simon BILODEAU , Anne TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

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Jacques married Françoise MERCIER 15 June 1761 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise MERCIER was born 12 April 1739 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Françoise died 11 January 1817 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Françoise was the child of Joseph MERCIER and Elisabeth-Angelique LEBRUN dite CARRIER.

Jacques GENDRON died 10 August 1805 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Françoise MERCIER
Marriage date: 15 June 1761
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada
Françoise MERCIER was the child of Joseph MERCIER and Elisabeth-Angelique LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Children of Jacques GENDRON and Françoise MERCIER

Jacques GENDRON

Born: 18 September 1762, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada
Died: 31 August 1839, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Therese ASSELIN 4 April 1785 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Pierre-Noel GENDRON

Born: 27 February 1768, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 May 1827, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Married: Euphronsine ST-LAURENT 26 November 1793 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Jacques GENDRON and Françoise MERCIER 15 June 1761, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

1762 Birth of Child
Jacques GENDRON was born 18 September 1762, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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.

1768 Birth of Child
Pierre-Noel GENDRON was born 27 February 1768, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Jacques GENDRON married 4 April 1785, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Therese ASSELIN

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Noel GENDRON married 26 November 1793, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Euphronsine ST-LAURENT

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