Marie-Josephte GARNEAU

Born

13 March 1740 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

17 December 1806 , Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean GARNEAU Marie-Ursule MARTIN

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Born: 13 March 1740 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean GARNEAU

Mother: Marie-Ursule MARTIN

Paternal grandparents: Louis GARNEAU , Marie MAZOUER

Maternal grandparents: Antoine MARTIN dit MONTPELLIER , Marie-Thérèse BONNET

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph POITRAS 6 October 1761 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph POITRAS was born 9 January 1714 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Joseph died 26 January 1789 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Joseph was the child of Joseph-Lucien POITRAS and Geneviève MOISAN.

Marie-Josephte GARNEAU died 17 December 1806 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, 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-Josephte GARNEAU married

Joseph POITRAS
Marriage date: 6 October 1761
Marriage place: Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
Joseph POITRAS was the child of Joseph-Lucien POITRAS and Geneviève MOISAN

Children of Joseph POITRAS and Marie-Josephte GARNEAU

Jean-Baptiste POITRAS

Born: 18 September 1762, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
Died: 12 May 1827, L'Islet, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite BERNIER 25 October 1785 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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Birth — 1740
13 March 1740
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte GARNEAU and Joseph POITRAS 6 October 1761, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

She was 21 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POITRAS was born 18 September 1762, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie-Josephte was 22 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.

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 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste POITRAS married 25 October 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Marguerite BERNIER