Louis SENECAL

Born

3 December 1774 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 August 1834 , Varennes, Lower Canada

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Born: 3 December 1774 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Louis SENECAL

Father

Louis SENÉCAL

Mother

Marie-Amable SENÉCAL

Grandparents of Louis SENECAL

Paternal grandparents

Étienne SENÉCAL dit LAFRAMBOISE Marie-Louise GIRARD

Maternal grandparents

Adrien SENÉCAL Josephe-Marie MEUNIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis married Marie-Louise MESSIER 28 September 1801 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise MESSIER was born 10 June 1783 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise died 18 July 1866 in Ste-Julie, Verchères, Québec Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Augustin MESSIER and Marie-Louise GIRARD.

Louis SENECAL died 19 August 1834 in Varennes, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis SENECAL

Louis SENECAL married

Marie-Louise MESSIER
Marriage date: 28 September 1801
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise MESSIER was the child of Augustin MESSIER and Marie-Louise GIRARD

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Children of Louis SENECAL and Marie-Louise MESSIER

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1774
3 December 1774
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Louis SENECAL and Marie-Louise MESSIER 28 September 1801, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 26 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England