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  (b. 11 May 1735 Yamachiche, Canada, New France   d. 30 January 1819 Yamachiche, Lower Canada )  

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Pierre GELINAS was born 11 May 1735 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Pierre GELINAS was the child of Pierre GÉLINAS   and   Genevieve CARBONNEAU dite PROVENÇAL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Étienne GÉLINAS and Marguerite BENOIT (maternal)  Jacques CARBONNEAU dit PROVENÇAL and Geneviève MARTIN

Pierre GELINAS died 30 January 1819 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .

m. Rivard Marie-Josephte


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Did You Know? 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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birth1735 Birth
11 May 1735
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
death1819 Death
30 January 1819
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He died at the age of 83.
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