Marie-Geneviève ROUSSEL

(b. 21 October 1754 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1836 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève ROUSSEL was born 21 October 1754 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Marie-Geneviève ROUSSEL was the child of Jacques ROUSSEL and Genevieve BERUBE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Mathurin BERUBE and Angelique MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Marie-Geneviève married Louis MICHAUD 10 January 1791 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis MICHAUD was born 6 April 1765 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Louis died 2 February 1822 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Louis was the child of Jean-Francois MICHAUD and Marie-Anne COTE.

Marie-Geneviève ROUSSEL died 23 November 1836 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, 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-Geneviève ROUSSEL married

Louis MICHAUD-- Date: 10 January 1791 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Louis MICHAUD was the child of Jean-Francois MICHAUD and Marie-Anne COTE

Children of Louis MICHAUD and Marie-Geneviève ROUSSEL:

François MICHAUD (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Eulalie ST-LAURENT 14 February 1820 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1754 Birth
21 October 1754
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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)

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève ROUSSEL and Louis MICHAUD 10 January 1791, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 36 years old.

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

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Marriage of Child
François MICHAUD married 14 February 1820, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Eulalie ST-LAURENT