Marguerite GRENIER (GROINIER)

Born

12 January 1742 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

28 February 1783 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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Augustin GROINIER Marie-Françoise PEPIN

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Born: 12 January 1742 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin GROINIER

Mother: Marie-Françoise PEPIN

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas-Pierre GROINIER dit MÉTIVIER , Anne CHRÉTIEN

Maternal grandparents: Jean PEPIN , Marguerite MOREAU

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste FREMONT (FREMEAUX) 4 July 1757 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste FREMONT (FREMEAUX) was born 26 May 1729 in Reims, France. Jean-Baptiste died 7 December 1801 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).

Marguerite GRENIER (GROINIER) died 28 February 1783 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, 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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Marguerite GRENIER (GROINIER) married

Jean-Baptiste FREMONT (FREMEAUX)
Marriage date: 4 July 1757
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Children of Jean-Baptiste FREMONT (FREMEAUX) and Marguerite GRENIER (GROINIER)

Michel FREMEAUX

Born: 19 September 1769, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 5 July 1831, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada

Married: Genevieve FUSEAU dite ROCH 27 May 1805 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1742
12 January 1742
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GRENIER (GROINIER) and Jean-Baptiste FREMONT (FREMEAUX) 4 July 1757, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 15 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Michel FREMEAUX was born 19 September 1769, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite was 27 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.