Marie-Anne PROVENCHER

Born

25 August 1737 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Died

5 December 1805 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Louis PROVENCHER Marie-Anne LECLERC dite FLEURENT

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Born: 25 August 1737 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Father: Louis PROVENCHER

Mother: Marie-Anne LECLERC dite FLEURENT

Paternal grandparents: Louis PROVENCHER , Simone MASSÉ

Maternal grandparents: Florent LECLERC , Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHON

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Marie-Anne married Ignace-Francois-Xavier BOURBEAU 7 November 1768 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace-Francois-Xavier BOURBEAU was born 22 March 1735 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Ignace-Francois-Xavier died 13 April 1817 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Ignace-Francois-Xavier was the child of Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT.

Marie-Anne PROVENCHER died 5 December 1805 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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-Anne PROVENCHER married

Ignace-Francois-Xavier BOURBEAU
Marriage date: 7 November 1768
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Ignace-Francois-Xavier BOURBEAU was the child of Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT

Children of Ignace-Francois-Xavier BOURBEAU and Marie-Anne PROVENCHER

Marie BOURBEAU

Born: 28 April 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 April 1833, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Francois COMEAU 27 September 1808 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1737
25 August 1737
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne PROVENCHER and Ignace-Francois-Xavier BOURBEAU 7 November 1768, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 31 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie BOURBEAU was born 28 April 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Anne was 42 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)