Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER

(b. 13 November 1728 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 8 January 1805 , Deschambault, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER was born 13 November 1728 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER was the child of Antoine MERCIER and Claudine-Angélique MILLIET (MILLETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MERCIER and Marguerite LAMAIN (maternal) Pierre MILLET and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

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Geneviève-Augustine married Joseph AUGER 21 October 1754 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph AUGER was born 5 May 1733 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Joseph died 22 April 1818 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Joseph was the child of Louis-Joseph AUGER and Marie-Geneviève GODIN.

Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER died 8 January 1805 in Deschambault, 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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Family and Children of Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER

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Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER married

Joseph AUGER-- Date: 21 October 1754 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Joseph AUGER was the child of Louis-Joseph AUGER and Marie-Geneviève GODIN

Children of Joseph AUGER and Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER:

Joseph AUGER (b.5 September 1755, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1824, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise LANGLOIS 5 February 1776 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)
m. Elisabeth PLEAU 7 March 1791 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Jean-Baptiste AUGER (b.25 July 1757, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Genevieve PLEAU 24 October 1791 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Geneviève AUGER (b.24 November 1759, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. , )

Antoine AUGER (b.3 May 1763, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1728 Birth
13 November 1728
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève-Augustine MERCIER and Joseph AUGER 21 October 1754, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Joseph AUGER was born 5 September 1755, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Geneviève-Augustine was 26 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste AUGER was born 25 July 1757, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Geneviève-Augustine was 28 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Geneviève AUGER was born 24 November 1759, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Geneviève-Augustine was 31 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Antoine AUGER was born 3 May 1763, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Geneviève-Augustine was 34 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Joseph AUGER married 5 February 1776, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Françoise LANGLOIS

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Joseph AUGER married 7 March 1791, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Elisabeth PLEAU

1791 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste AUGER married 24 October 1791, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils) to Genevieve PLEAU

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

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