Marie-Genevieve GODBOUT

Born

14 February 1728 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

25 December 1795 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Antoine GODBOUT Genevieve ROULEAU

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Born: 14 February 1728 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine GODBOUT

Mother: Genevieve ROULEAU

Paternal grandparents: Antoine GODBOUT , Marguerite LABRECQUE

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume ROULEAU , Catherine DUFRESNE

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Marie-Genevieve married Vincent PILET dit JOLICOEUR 6 November 1752 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Vincent PILET dit JOLICOEUR was born 22 January 1733 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Vincent died 5 October 1803 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Vincent was the child of Louis-Laurent-Francois PILET dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Therese BARBEAU dite BOISDORÉ.

Marie-Genevieve GODBOUT died 25 December 1795 in Saint-Henri, 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 GODBOUT married

Vincent PILET dit JOLICOEUR
Marriage date: 6 November 1752
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Vincent PILET dit JOLICOEUR was the child of Louis-Laurent-Francois PILET dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Therese BARBEAU dite BOISDORÉ

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Jean-Baptiste PILET dit JOLICOEUR

Born: 12 September 1760, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne MORIN 9 February 1784 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Andre PILET dit JOLICOEUR

Born: 7 March 1767, Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 January 1833, Beauceville, Lower Canada

Married: Charlotte BEGIN 22 February 1802 Place: Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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Birth — 1728
14 February 1728
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve GODBOUT and Vincent PILET dit JOLICOEUR 6 November 1752, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PILET dit JOLICOEUR was born 12 September 1760, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Genevieve was 32 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.

1767 Birth of Child
Andre PILET dit JOLICOEUR was born 7 March 1767, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Marie-Genevieve was 39 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)

1784 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PILET dit JOLICOEUR married 9 February 1784, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Marie-Anne MORIN

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

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