Marie-Josephte GARNEAU

(b. 13 March 1740 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 December 1806 , Sainte-Foy, Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte GARNEAU was born 13 March 1740 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte GARNEAU was the child of Jean GARNEAU and Marie-Ursule MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GARNEAU and Marie MAZOUER (maternal) Antoine MARTIN dit MONTPELLIER and Marie-Thérèse BONNET

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

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-- Date: 6 October 1761 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 (b.18 September 1762, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada d. 12 May 1827, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite BERNIER 25 October 1785 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1740 Birth
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