Marie-Louise GARNEAU

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16 May 1748 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

17 August 1793 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GARNEAU Marie-Elisabeth RENAUD

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Born: 16 May 1748 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste GARNEAU

Mother: Marie-Elisabeth RENAUD

Paternal grandparents: Jean GARNEAU , Louise HUOT

Maternal grandparents: Louis RENAUD , Marie-Madeleine BEDARD

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Marie-Louise married Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON 16 February 1778 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON was born 9 October 1750 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Jean-Simon died 2 January 1823 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Jean-Simon was the child of Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON and Madeleine BARBEAU.

Marie-Louise GARNEAU died 17 August 1793 in Charlesbourg, 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-Louise GARNEAU married

Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON
Marriage date: 16 February 1778
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON was the child of Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON and Madeleine BARBEAU

Children of Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON and Marie-Louise GARNEAU

Louise MERDIEU dite BOURBON

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jacques DUBEAU 10 February 1801 Place: Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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Birth — 1748
16 May 1748
Charlesbourg, Québec, 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.

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.

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Marie-Louise GARNEAU and Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON 16 February 1778, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

She was 29 years old.

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