Marie-Genevieve POITRAS

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1 January 1788 , La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 December 1826 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Pierre POITRAS Rosalie SIMARD

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Born: 1 January 1788 in La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre POITRAS

Mother: Rosalie SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques POITRAS , Marie-Anne GAGNE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD , Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

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Marie-Genevieve married Jean BRASSARD 27 October 1807 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean BRASSARD was born 29 August 1761 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Jean died 21 May 1834 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean was the child of Charles BRASSARD and Catherine GAGNON.

Marie-Genevieve POITRAS died 20 December 1826 in La Malbaie, 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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Marie-Genevieve POITRAS married

Jean BRASSARD
Marriage date: 27 October 1807
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Jean BRASSARD was the child of Charles BRASSARD and Catherine GAGNON

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Marie BRASSARD

Born: 6 January 1810, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin BILODEAU 24 September 1827 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1788
1 January 1788
La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1807 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve POITRAS and Jean BRASSARD 27 October 1807, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 19 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Marie BRASSARD was born 6 January 1810, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Genevieve was 22 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England