Felicite MORNEAU

(b. 3 June 1727 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1789 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Felicite MORNEAU was born 3 June 1727 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Felicite MORNEAU was the child of François MORNEAU and Angélique BERNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MORNEAU and Geneviève TRUT (maternal) Pierre BERNIER and Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY)

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Felicite married Joseph GAGNON 15 February 1751 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GAGNON was born 26 February 1719 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Joseph was the child of Alexandre GAGNON and Angélique CARON.

Felicite married (2) Louis FOURNIER 2 February 1761 in L'Islet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis FOURNIER was born 20 November 1713 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Louis died 10 June 1794 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD.

Felicite MORNEAU died 23 April 1789 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Felicite MORNEAU married

Joseph GAGNON-- Date: 15 February 1751 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Joseph GAGNON was the child of Alexandre GAGNON and Angélique CARON

Children of Joseph GAGNON and Felicite MORNEAU:

François-Xavier GAGNON (b.3 June 1753, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 8 March 1809, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Marthe SARCELLIER 2 July 1776 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Felicite MORNEAU married

Louis FOURNIER-- Date: 2 February 1761 Place: L'Islet, Canada
Louis FOURNIER was the child of Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD

Children of Louis FOURNIER and Felicite MORNEAU:

Madeleine FOURNIER (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 March 1821, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie DUBE 10 October 1785 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1727 Birth
3 June 1727
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Felicite MORNEAU and Joseph GAGNON 15 February 1751, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 23 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
François-Xavier GAGNON was born 3 June 1753, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Felicite was 26 years old.

1761 Marriage / Partner
Felicite MORNEAU and Louis FOURNIER 2 February 1761, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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.