Helene PICARD

(b. 6 September 1734 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 31 May 1817 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Helene PICARD was born 6 September 1734 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Helene PICARD was the child of Antoine PICARD and Catherine CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN (maternal) Vital CARON and Marie PERTHUIS

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

Helene married Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL 6 November 1752 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL was born 3 September 1720 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Jean-Baptiste died 13 May 1793 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL and Marie-Jeanne AUBUCHON.

Helene PICARD died 31 May 1817 in Lachine, Montréal, 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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Helene PICARD married

Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL-- Date: 6 November 1752 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL and Marie-Jeanne AUBUCHON

Children of Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL and Helene PICARD:

Hippolyte-Apolline QUESNEL (b.15 February 1758, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph-Marie MONET 3 March 1783 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL (b.25 May 1764, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise GROULX 20 July 1795 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
6 September 1734
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Helene PICARD and Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL 6 November 1752, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

She was 18 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Hippolyte-Apolline QUESNEL was born 15 February 1758, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Helene was 23 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL was born 25 May 1764, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Helene was 29 years old.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Hippolyte-Apolline QUESNEL married 3 March 1783, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Joseph-Marie MONET

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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