Jean SENTENNE

Born

30 October 1757 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

2 January 1819 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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John SAXTON (SENTENNE)Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE

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Born: 30 October 1757 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: John SAXTON (SENTENNE)

Mother: Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Laurent LEFEBVRE , Marie-Geneviève BEAUDIN

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Jean married Marguerite TRUDEL 19 January 1789 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite TRUDEL was born 2 November 1769 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marguerite died 24 April 1796 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marguerite was the child of Jacques TRUDEL and Marguerite CHAPERON.

Jean SENTENNE died 2 January 1819 in Montréal, 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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Jean SENTENNE married

Marguerite TRUDEL
Marriage date: 19 January 1789
Marriage place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite TRUDEL was the child of Jacques TRUDEL and Marguerite CHAPERON

Children of Jean SENTENNE and Marguerite TRUDEL

Adelaide SENTENNE

Born: 31 December 1790, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Isidore BOURDON 6 August 1811 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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Birth — 1757
30 October 1757
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Jean SENTENNE and Marguerite TRUDEL 19 January 1789, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 31 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Adelaide SENTENNE was born 31 December 1790, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean was 33 years old.

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

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