Genevieve DUFRESNE

Born

2 March 1761 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada

Died

8 May 1830 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Joseph DUFRESNE Marie-Josephte LECLERC

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Born: 2 March 1761 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada

Father: Joseph DUFRESNE

Mother: Marie-Josephte LECLERC

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume DUFRESNE , Geneviève RUEL

Maternal grandparents: Jean LECLERC , Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN

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Genevieve married Laurent LABRECQUE 17 January 1785 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent LABRECQUE was born 30 March 1749 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Laurent died 24 June 1825 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Laurent was the child of Laurent LABRECQUE and Marie-Marguerite DUMAS.

Genevieve DUFRESNE died 8 May 1830 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Genevieve DUFRESNE married

Laurent LABRECQUE
Marriage date: 17 January 1785
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Laurent LABRECQUE was the child of Laurent LABRECQUE and Marie-Marguerite DUMAS

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Laurent LABRECQUE

Born: abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 March 1862, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

Married: Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE 24 July 1815 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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Birth — 1761
2 March 1761
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada

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 / Partner
Genevieve DUFRESNE and Laurent LABRECQUE 17 January 1785, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

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

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

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Laurent LABRECQUE married 24 July 1815, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE

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)