Germain DIONNE

Born

5 October 1742 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

13 August 1809 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

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Joseph DIONNE Marie-Madeleine MENEU (MENEUX)

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Born: 5 October 1742 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph DIONNE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine MENEU (MENEUX)

Paternal grandparents: Jean DIONNE , Marie-Charlotte MIGNAULT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MENEUX dit CHATEAUNEUF , Marie-Anne LIZOTTE

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Germain married Thérèse FOURNIER 24 November 1766 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse FOURNIER was born 20 May 1742 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Thérèse died 24 March 1809 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Thérèse was the child of Louis FOURNIER and Angelique BOSSE.

Germain DIONNE died 13 August 1809 in Montmagny, 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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Germain DIONNE married

Thérèse FOURNIER
Marriage date: 24 November 1766
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse FOURNIER was the child of Louis FOURNIER and Angelique BOSSE

Children of Germain DIONNE and Thérèse FOURNIER

Jacques DIONNE

Born: 1 May 1772, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 5 February 1843, Cacouna, Canada East

Married: Veronique RENAUD 6 November 1798 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1742
5 October 1742
La Pocatière, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Germain DIONNE and Thérèse FOURNIER 24 November 1766, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 24 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Jacques DIONNE was born 1 May 1772, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Germain 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.

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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Jacques DIONNE married 6 November 1798, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Veronique RENAUD

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