Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE

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3 April 1746 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Died

9 March 1799 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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Michel-Arsene GAMACHE Francoise FOURNIER

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Born: 3 April 1746 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Father: Michel-Arsene GAMACHE

Mother: Francoise FOURNIER

Paternal grandparents: Louis GAMACHE , Angélique MIVILLE dite DESCHENES

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER , Marie-Françoise DUMAS

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Marie-Genevieve married Pierre BLANCHET 16 January 1767 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BLANCHET was born 18 June 1741 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Pierre died 18 March 1819 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Pierre was the child of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Gabrielle GAGNÉ.

Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE died 9 March 1799 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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 GAMACHE married

Pierre BLANCHET
Marriage date: 16 January 1767
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre BLANCHET was the child of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Gabrielle GAGNÉ

Children of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE

Louis BLANCHET

Born: 24 August 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 March 1820, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Married: Genevieve GAGNÉ 6 July 1812 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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Birth — 1746
3 April 1746
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve GAMACHE and Pierre BLANCHET 16 January 1767, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 20 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)

1785 Birth of Child
Louis BLANCHET was born 24 August 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Genevieve was 39 years old.

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

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