Jacques GENDREAU

(b. 29 March 1727 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1811 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Jacques GENDREAU was born 29 March 1727 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Jacques GENDREAU was the child of Jacques GENDREAU and Elisabeth DANDURAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GENDREAU (GENDRON) and Marie-Anne DALLERAY (DALERET) (maternal) Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE and Marie VÉRIEU (VEILLEUX) (VÉRIEUL)

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

Jacques married Marie-Anne GAGNE 19 April 1751 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GAGNE was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 17 March 1806 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Marie-Anne FOURNIER.

Jacques GENDREAU died 2 April 1811 in Montmagny, 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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Jacques GENDREAU married

Marie-Anne GAGNE-- Date: 19 April 1751 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne GAGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNE and Marie-Anne FOURNIER

Children of Jacques GENDREAU and Marie-Anne GAGNE:

Louise GENDREAU (b.24 December 1766, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Francois MORIN dit VALCOURT 25 October 1791 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1727 Birth
29 March 1727
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jacques GENDREAU and Marie-Anne GAGNE 19 April 1751, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 24 years old.

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Louise GENDREAU was born 24 December 1766, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Jacques was 39 years old.

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)

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Louise GENDREAU married 25 October 1791, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Francois MORIN dit VALCOURT

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

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