Genevieve BOILEAU

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14 August 1728 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

14 December 1795 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

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Pierre BOILEAU (BOULEAU)Madeleine-Marguerite LAHAYE

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Genevieve BOILEAU was born 14 August 1728 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre BOILEAU (BOULEAU)

Mother: Madeleine-Marguerite LAHAYE

Grandparents: (maternal) Jean LAHAYE dit HIBERNOIS and Marie Madeleine SWARDEN (SWARTON)

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Genevieve married Nicolas CLAUDE 12 June 1752 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nicolas CLAUDE was born abt. 1727 in France. Nicolas died 18 May 1794 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*.

Genevieve BOILEAU died 14 December 1795 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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Nicolas CLAUDE
Marriage date: 12 June 1752
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

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Joseph-Marie CLAUDE

Born: 22 January 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada
Died: 21 May 1834, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Charlotte-Amable ROBILLARD 10 February 1783 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1728 Birth
14 August 1728
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve BOILEAU and Nicolas CLAUDE 12 June 1752, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

She was 23 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie CLAUDE was born 22 January 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Genevieve was 31 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie CLAUDE married 10 February 1783, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Marie-Charlotte-Amable ROBILLARD

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)