Françoise-Genevieve PROTEAU

(b. 4 February 1740 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1820 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Françoise-Genevieve PROTEAU was born 4 February 1740 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Françoise-Genevieve PROTEAU was the child of Pierre-Georges PROTEAU and Francoise PERRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Luc PROTEAU and Marie-Madeleine GERMAIN (maternal) Pierre PERRAULT and Geneviève DUCLOS

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

Françoise-Genevieve married Joseph-Eustache GOUIN 31 January 1763 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Eustache GOUIN was born 14 October 1739 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Joseph-Eustache was the child of Pierre GOUIN and Charlotte DUCLOS.

Françoise-Genevieve PROTEAU died 27 April 1820 in Batiscan, 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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Françoise-Genevieve PROTEAU married

Joseph-Eustache GOUIN-- Date: 31 January 1763 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Eustache GOUIN was the child of Pierre GOUIN and Charlotte DUCLOS

Children of Joseph-Eustache GOUIN and Françoise-Genevieve PROTEAU:

Josephe GOUIN (b.30 January 1783, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 February 1803, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Marie PAQUIN 1 March 1802 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1740 Birth
4 February 1740
Batiscan, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Françoise-Genevieve PROTEAU and Joseph-Eustache GOUIN 31 January 1763, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 23 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.

1783 Birth of Child
Josephe GOUIN was born 30 January 1783, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Françoise-Genevieve was 43 years old.

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Josephe GOUIN married 1 March 1802, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Jean-Marie PAQUIN