Pierre GRENIER

(b. 30 June 1736 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1800 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Pierre GRENIER was born 30 June 1736 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre GRENIER was the child of Charles GRENIER and Madeleine TARDIF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GARNIER (GRENIER) and Jeanne MAHEU (maternal) Michel TARDIF and Catherine L'ESPINAY (LEPINE)

Pierre had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Pierre married Genevieve MORIN 24 August 1772 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve MORIN was born 21 July 1747 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Genevieve was the child of Charles MORIN and Marie-Claire DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD.

Pierre GRENIER died 20 April 1800 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Pierre GRENIER married

Genevieve MORIN-- Date: 24 August 1772 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve MORIN was the child of Charles MORIN and Marie-Claire DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Children of Pierre GRENIER and Genevieve MORIN:

François GRENIER (b.25 July 1787, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Emmerentine POUQUEVILLE 9 June 1812 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1736 Birth
30 June 1736
Beauport, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GRENIER and Genevieve MORIN 24 August 1772, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 36 years old.

Revolutionary War
GRENIER, Pierre Charles. Concealed escaped prisoners, 1780 (E-133)
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Revolutionary War
GRENIER, PIERRE
Ancestor #: A213007
Service: CANADA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 6-30-1736 BEAUPORT CANADA
Death: 4-20-1800 STE MARIE DE BEAUCE LOWER CANADA CANADA
Service Source: GABRIEL, QUEBEC DURING THE AMERICAN INVASION, 1775-1776, PP 59, 62
Service Description: 1) RENDERED SERVICE

RESIDENCE
1) City: STE MARIE DE NOUVELLE BEAUCE - District: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) MARIE JEANNE MARCOU
2) MARIE GENEVIEVE MORIN
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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.