Francois VENNE

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25 February 1731 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

7 April 1804 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste VENNE (VOYNE)Agnes BRIEN

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Born: 25 February 1731 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste VENNE (VOYNE)

Mother: Agnes BRIEN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Francois-Baptiste VENNE (VOYNE) , Françoise BEACHAMP

Maternal grandparents: Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES , Suzanne BOUVIER

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Francois married Marie-Josephe PELLETIER 23 January 1755 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe PELLETIER was born 3 March 1734 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Josephe died 23 April 1810 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Étienne PELLETIER and Marie-Josephe PEPIN.

Francois VENNE died 7 April 1804 in L'Assomption, 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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Marie-Josephe PELLETIER
Marriage date: 23 January 1755
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Josephe PELLETIER was the child of Étienne PELLETIER and Marie-Josephe PEPIN

Children of Francois VENNE and Marie-Josephe PELLETIER

Dominique VENNE

Born: 11 August 1757, L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Died: 9 June 1847, Saint-Jacques, Canada East

Married: Desanges-Angelique BEAUDOIN 17 September 1787 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Bonaventure VENNE

Born: abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 January 1849, Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Montcalm, Canada East

Married: Marie-Anne BEAUDOIN 10 January 1792 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1731
25 February 1731
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Francois VENNE and Marie-Josephe PELLETIER 23 January 1755, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 23 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Dominique VENNE was born 11 August 1757, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Francois was 26 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Dominique VENNE married 17 September 1787, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Desanges-Angelique BEAUDOIN

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Bonaventure VENNE married 10 January 1792, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne BEAUDOIN

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

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