Genevieve PROULX

(b. 22 May 1732 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1800 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve PROULX was born 22 May 1732 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Genevieve PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Theodore-Dorothee BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PROULX and Jacquette FOURNIER (maternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne BOURASSA

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Genevieve married Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ 21 February 1757 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ was born 3 March 1719 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Pierre-Augustin died 23 May 1799 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Pierre-Augustin was the child of Louis-Augustin GAGNÉ and Elisabeth CHARLAND.

Genevieve PROULX died 28 May 1800 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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Genevieve PROULX married

Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ-- Date: 21 February 1757 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ was the child of Louis-Augustin GAGNÉ and Elisabeth CHARLAND

Children of Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ and Genevieve PROULX:

Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ (b.1 September 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 December 1833, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Anicet GAGNÉ 30 January 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1732 Birth
22 May 1732
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve PROULX and Pierre-Augustin GAGNÉ 21 February 1757, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 24 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ was born 1 September 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Genevieve was 34 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.