Geneviève BRAY

Born

21 October 1767 , Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

30 November 1820 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Geneviève BRAY

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Born: 21 October 1767 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Geneviève BRAY

Father

François BRAY

Mother

Geneviève LALONDE

Grandparents of Geneviève BRAY

Paternal grandparents

Etienne BRAY Barbe DAZÉ

Maternal grandparents

Guillaume LALONDE Marie-Angelique BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS

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

Geneviève married Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE 10 August 1789 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 31 May 1767 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques was the child of Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine MALLET.

Geneviève BRAY died 30 November 1820 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Geneviève BRAY

Geneviève BRAY married

Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE
Marriage date: 10 August 1789
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE was the child of Joseph-Noel ROY dit PORTELANCE and Catherine MALLET

Children of Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE and Geneviève BRAY

Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE

Born: 22 November 1792, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Died: 3 July 1865, Saint-Timothée, Canada East

Married: Elisabeth HUNAULT 22 April 1816 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Louise ROY

Born: 26 September 1799, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE 11 February 1817 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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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 — 1767
21 October 1767
Les Cèdres, 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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève BRAY and Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE 10 August 1789, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

She was 21 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE was born 22 November 1792, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Geneviève was 25 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Birth of Child
Louise ROY was born 26 September 1799, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Geneviève was 31 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage of Child
Jacques ROY dit PORTELANCE married 22 April 1816, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada to Elisabeth HUNAULT

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

1817 Marriage of Child
Louise ROY married 11 February 1817, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada to Francois BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE

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