Geneviève MOREL

(b. abt. 1728 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 September 1801 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève MOREL was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada

Geneviève MOREL was the child of Antoine MOREL and Geneviève DROUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume MOREL and Marie BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) (maternal) Étienne DROUIN and Catherine LOIGNON

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Geneviève married Denis SAILLANT dit SANSOUCY abt. 1759 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Denis SAILLANT dit SANSOUCY was born 11 January 1734 in Notre-Dame Niort, Poitou, France. Denis died 30 October 1800 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.

Geneviève MOREL died 23 September 1801 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Geneviève MOREL married

Denis SAILLANT dit SANSOUCY-- Date: abt. 1759 Place:

Children of Denis SAILLANT dit SANSOUCY and Geneviève MOREL:

Genevieve SAILLANT (b.28 January 1760, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada d. 2 July 1828, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph BOLDUC 30 September 1794 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Julien SAILLANT (b.19 March 1769, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 April 1852, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada East)
m. Marie GUILBAULT 16 February 1795 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
m. Marie Françoise DUPONT 8 January 1798 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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

1760 Birth of Child
Genevieve SAILLANT was born 28 January 1760, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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.

1769 Birth of Child
Julien SAILLANT was born 19 March 1769, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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.