Marie-Louise GENEST

(b. 28 July 1732 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 30 August 1793 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise GENEST was born 28 July 1732 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise GENEST was the child of Pierre GENEST and Rose MARCHAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GENEST and Marie MORIER (maternal) Valentin MARCHAND and Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Marie-Louise married Joseph MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 27 August 1757 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Joseph MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was born 25 November 1728 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 19 December 1797 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Anne CLOUTIER.

Marie-Louise GENEST died 30 August 1793 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Marie-Louise GENEST married

Joseph MORISSET (MORISSETTE)-- Date: 27 August 1757 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Joseph MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was the child of Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Anne CLOUTIER

Children of Joseph MORISSET (MORISSETTE) and Marie-Louise GENEST:

Charles MORISSET (b.30 September 1765, La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 October 1841, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Madeleine AUBE dite LANGLOIS 10 November 1789 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1732 Birth
28 July 1732
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
Eglise de St. Jean de L'Ile D'Orleans construite en 1734
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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise GENEST and Joseph MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 27 August 1757, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 25 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Charles MORISSET was born 30 September 1765, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise was 33 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Charles MORISSET married 10 November 1789, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Marie-Madeleine AUBE dite LANGLOIS

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