Marie-Jeanne HARNOIS

(b. 27 April 1723 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 13 May 1787 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Jeanne HARNOIS was born 27 April 1723 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne HARNOIS was the child of Laurent HARNOIS and Marie-Anne GILBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Isaac HARNOIS and Marguerite BLAISE (maternal) Étienne GILBERT and Marguerite THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

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

Marie-Jeanne married Ambroise NADEAU 22 November 1756 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ambroise NADEAU was born 26 September 1734 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Ambroise died 3 February 1821 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Ambroise was the child of Joseph NADEAU and Angélique TURGEON.

Marie-Jeanne HARNOIS died 13 May 1787 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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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Marie-Jeanne HARNOIS married

Ambroise NADEAU-- Date: 22 November 1756 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Ambroise NADEAU was the child of Joseph NADEAU and Angélique TURGEON

Children of Ambroise NADEAU and Marie-Jeanne HARNOIS:

Ambroise NADEAU (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 March 1823, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève FORTIER 9 August 1790 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1723 Birth
27 April 1723
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne HARNOIS and Ambroise NADEAU 22 November 1756, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 33 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.

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.