Genevieve LETOURNEAU

Born

26 May 1751 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

8 February 1814 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Louis LETOURNEAU Marie-Thérèse DUBOIS

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Born: 26 May 1751 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Louis LETOURNEAU

Mother: Marie-Thérèse DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Jean LETOURNEAU , Anne GENDRON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS , Marie-Angélique BISSON

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Genevieve married Joseph MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS 7 August 1781 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS was born 10 July 1744 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Joseph was the child of Pierre MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Anne DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN.

Genevieve LETOURNEAU died 8 February 1814 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada .

m. Joseph Marcheteau dit Desnoyers
7 August 1781
Québec, Quebec

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Genevieve LETOURNEAU married

Joseph MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS
Marriage date: 7 August 1781
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS was the child of Pierre MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Anne DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1751
26 May 1751
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve LETOURNEAU and Joseph MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS 7 August 1781, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 30 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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