Genevieve LEFRANCOIS

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abt. 1771 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

6 January 1847 , Château-Richer, Canada East

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Prisque LEFRANCOIS Genevieve TREPANIER

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Born: abt. 1771 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Prisque LEFRANCOIS

Mother: Genevieve TREPANIER

Paternal grandparents: Charles LEFRANCOIS , Veronique CANTIN (QUENTIN)

Maternal grandparents: Claude TREPANIER , Angelique MICHEL dite TAILLON

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Genevieve married Charles RHEAUME 29 January 1799 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles RHEAUME was born abt. 1777 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charles was the child of Etienne RHÉAUME and Marie-Louise CLOUTIER.

Genevieve LEFRANCOIS died 6 January 1847 in Château-Richer, Canada East .
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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 LEFRANCOIS married

Charles RHEAUME
Marriage date: 29 January 1799
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Charles RHEAUME was the child of Etienne RHÉAUME and Marie-Louise CLOUTIER

Children of Charles RHEAUME and Genevieve LEFRANCOIS

Simon RHEAUME

Born: 17 July 1806, Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Died: 23 July 1897, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Flamine RHEAUME 10 January 1837 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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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)

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve LEFRANCOIS and Charles RHEAUME 29 January 1799, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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

1806 Birth of Child
Simon RHEAUME was born 17 July 1806, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage of Child
Simon RHEAUME married 10 January 1837, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Flamine RHEAUME

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)