Marie-Josette GIROUX

(b. 19 January 1731 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1802 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josette GIROUX was born 19 January 1731 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Marie-Josette GIROUX was the child of Pierre-François GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Angelique MAHEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Raphaël GIROUX and Marie-Madeleine VACHON (maternal) Charles MAHEU and Marie-Charlotte GARNIER

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Marie-Josette married Antoine SENÉCAL 6 May 1748 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Antoine SENÉCAL was born 25 February 1710 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Antoine died 14 August 1785 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Antoine was the child of Pierre SENÉCAL and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT.

Marie-Josette GIROUX died 31 January 1802 in La Prairie, 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-Josette GIROUX married

Antoine SENÉCAL-- Date: 6 May 1748 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Antoine SENÉCAL was the child of Pierre SENÉCAL and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT

Children of Antoine SENÉCAL and Marie-Josette GIROUX:

Marie-Angelique SENÉCAL (b.abt. 1749, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre MONBLEAU (MAUBLOT) 3 May 1773 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Josette SENÉCAL (b.12 September 1756, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1811, Châteauguay, Lower Canada )
m. Michel-Romain BOUCHARD 12 August 1776 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1731 Birth
19 January 1731
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josette GIROUX and Antoine SENÉCAL 6 May 1748, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 17 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Josette SENÉCAL was born 12 September 1756, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Josette was 25 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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique SENÉCAL married 3 May 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Pierre MONBLEAU (MAUBLOT)

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josette SENÉCAL married 12 August 1776, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Michel-Romain BOUCHARD

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)