François BRUNET

Born

23 November 1728 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

10 August 1810 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jean-François BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR Marie-Anne THIBAULT

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Born: 23 November 1728 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-François BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR

Mother: Marie-Anne THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: François BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR , Marie-Anne MÉNARD

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas THIBAULT , Anne BADEAU (BADAULT)

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François married Geneviève VANIER 9 May 1757 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève VANIER was born 3 February 1738 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Geneviève was the child of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER and Marie-Françoise PIGEON.

François BRUNET died 10 August 1810 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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Geneviève VANIER
Marriage date: 9 May 1757
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Geneviève VANIER was the child of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER and Marie-Françoise PIGEON

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Sault au Récollet (Montréal), La Visitation, Quebec

Children of François BRUNET and Geneviève VANIER

Louis-Gabriel BRUNET

Born: 4 July 1759, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Thérèse QUEVILLON 17 November 1788 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Genevieve BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR

Born: 6 October 1763, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 February 1804, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada

Married: Louis-Amable THIBAULT dit LEVEILLE 31 January 1785 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Philibert BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR

Born: abt. 1771, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 22 August 1827, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Louise DAGENAIS 26 June 1797 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1728
23 November 1728
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
François BRUNET and Geneviève VANIER 9 May 1757, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 28 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Louis-Gabriel BRUNET was born 4 July 1759, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

François was 30 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Genevieve BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR was born 6 October 1763, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

François was 34 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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Genevieve BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR married 31 January 1785, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Louis-Amable THIBAULT dit LEVEILLE

1788 Marriage of Child
Louis-Gabriel BRUNET married 17 November 1788, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Thérèse QUEVILLON

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Philibert BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR married 26 June 1797, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie-Louise DAGENAIS

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

1804 Death of Child
Genevieve BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR died 2 February 1804, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

François was 75 years old.

Death — 1810
10 August 1810
Montréal, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 81.