Geneviève ROULEAU

(b. 3 July 1756 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1813 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève ROULEAU was born 3 July 1756 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Geneviève ROULEAU was the child of Charles ROULEAU and Geneviève GOSSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel ROULEAU and Marie-Genevieve PETITCLERC (maternal) Gabriel GOSSELIN and Marguerite COUTURE

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Geneviève married Antoine ROUSSEAU 31 July 1780 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine ROUSSEAU was born 26 April 1752 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 8 November 1816 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Antoine was the child of Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE.

Geneviève ROULEAU died 21 April 1813 in Trois-Pistoles, 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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Geneviève ROULEAU married

Antoine ROUSSEAU-- Date: 31 July 1780 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine ROUSSEAU was the child of Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE

Children of Antoine ROUSSEAU and Geneviève ROULEAU:

Antoine ROUSSEAU (b.19 February 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 July 1822, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 11 August 1806 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1756 Birth
3 July 1756
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève ROULEAU and Antoine ROUSSEAU 31 July 1780, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Antoine ROUSSEAU was born 19 February 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 26 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

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

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Antoine ROUSSEAU married 11 August 1806, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Marie-Thérèse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT