Genevieve CHERBY

(b. 22 April 1727 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 April 1806 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve CHERBY was born 22 April 1727 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Genevieve CHERBY was the child of Guillaume CHEARBY (CHERBY) and Marie-Anne MILLET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre MILLET and Marie SALOIS

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

Genevieve married Pierre-Jean MENARD 18 October 1756 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Jean MENARD was born 18 September 1728 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Pierre-Jean died 20 November 1793 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Pierre-Jean was the child of Pierre MENARD and Catherine ALLAIRE.

Genevieve CHERBY died 13 April 1806 in Contrecœur, 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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Genevieve CHERBY married

Pierre-Jean MENARD-- Date: 18 October 1756 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Pierre-Jean MENARD was the child of Pierre MENARD and Catherine ALLAIRE

Children of Pierre-Jean MENARD and Genevieve CHERBY:

Genevieve MENARD dite ST-ONGE (b.6 August 1760, Saint-Ours, Canada d. , )
m. Louis CHARRON dit CABANA 12 October 1778 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1727 Birth
22 April 1727
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve CHERBY and Pierre-Jean MENARD 18 October 1756, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

She was 29 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Genevieve MENARD dite ST-ONGE was born 6 August 1760, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Genevieve was 33 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.

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Genevieve MENARD dite ST-ONGE married 12 October 1778, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Louis CHARRON dit CABANA

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)