Marie-Geneviève PARENT

Born

28 August 1740 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

25 June 1805 , Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

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Born: 28 August 1740 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Parents of Marie-Geneviève PARENT

Father

Jacques PARENT

Mother

Marie-Geneviève LAVALLEE (VALLEE)

Grandparents of Marie-Geneviève PARENT

Paternal grandparents

Charles PARENT Marie-Anne DUPRAC

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Charles VALLEE Geneviève MARCOUX

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

Marie-Geneviève married Thomas ROCHEREAU 21 August 1758 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Thomas ROCHEREAU was born 3 March 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Thomas died 20 April 1810 in Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada . Thomas was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY.

Marie-Geneviève PARENT died 25 June 1805 in Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Geneviève PARENT

Marie-Geneviève PARENT married

Thomas ROCHEREAU
Marriage date: 21 August 1758
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Thomas ROCHEREAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY

Children of Thomas ROCHEREAU and Marie-Geneviève PARENT

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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 — 1740
28 August 1740
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève PARENT and Thomas ROCHEREAU 21 August 1758, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

She was 17 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.