Geneviève BONENFANT

(b. 30 March 1762 , Batiscan, Canada d. 13 June 1792 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève BONENFANT was born 30 March 1762 in Batiscan, Canada

Geneviève BONENFANT was the child of Alexis-Jacques BONENFANT and Josephte COSSETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) André BONENFANT and Louise RICHARD (maternal) Jean COSSETTE and Marie-Josephe BARIBEAU

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Geneviève married François BARIL 11 February 1782 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François BARIL was born 30 May 1757 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). François died 21 October 1840 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). François was the child of Francois BARIL dit SAINTONGE and Geneviève VEILLETTE.

Geneviève BONENFANT died 13 June 1792 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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Geneviève BONENFANT married

François BARIL-- Date: 11 February 1782 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
François BARIL was the child of Francois BARIL dit SAINTONGE and Geneviève VEILLETTE

Children of François BARIL and Geneviève BONENFANT:

Josephte BARIL (b.15 March 1788, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 November 1878, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph HOULE (HOUDE) 25 November 1811 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1762 Birth
30 March 1762
Batiscan, Canada

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève BONENFANT and François BARIL 11 February 1782, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 19 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Josephte BARIL was born 15 March 1788, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Geneviève was 25 years old.

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