Marie-Barbe PETIT

(b. 9 December 1729 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1808 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Barbe PETIT was born 9 December 1729 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Marie-Barbe PETIT was the child of Nicolas PETIT and Marie-Jeanne SYLVESTRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PETIT and Jeanne ROSSIGNOL (maternal) Nicolas SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Barbe NEVEU

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

Marie-Barbe married Ignace GAGNON abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace GAGNON was born 16 August 1721 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Ignace died 17 February 1802 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Ignace was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Anne LUNEAU (LOUINEAU).

Marie-Barbe PETIT died 18 March 1808 in Sainte-Marie, 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-Barbe PETIT married

Ignace GAGNON-- Date: abt. 1747 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Ignace GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Anne LUNEAU (LOUINEAU)

Children of Ignace GAGNON and Marie-Barbe PETIT:

Augustin GAGNON (b.26 May 1765, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 February 1846, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )
m. Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 22 July 1788 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1729 Birth
9 December 1729
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Augustin GAGNON was born 26 May 1765, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Barbe was 35 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Augustin GAGNON married 22 July 1788, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

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

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

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