Brigitte GIGNAC

(b. 3 December 1723 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 15 November 1806 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Brigitte GIGNAC was born 3 December 1723 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Brigitte GIGNAC was the child of Pierre GIGNAC and Brigitte PETIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GIGNAC and Marie-Anne DUCLOS (maternal) Nicolas PETIT and Marie-Marguerite BERTRAND

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

Brigitte married Pierre RICHARD 26 February 1748 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre RICHARD was born 9 October 1704 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Pierre died 10 January 1779 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Pierre was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Marguerite PAGÉ dite QUERCY.

Brigitte GIGNAC died 15 November 1806 in Cap-Santé, 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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Brigitte GIGNAC married

Pierre RICHARD-- Date: 26 February 1748 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Pierre RICHARD was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Marguerite PAGÉ dite QUERCY

Children of Pierre RICHARD and Brigitte GIGNAC:

Pierre RICHARD (b.30 June 1752, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1837, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine GERMAIN 18 November 1776 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1723 Birth
3 December 1723
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte GIGNAC and Pierre RICHARD 26 February 1748, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 24 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Pierre RICHARD was born 30 June 1752, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Brigitte was 28 years old.

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

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.