François-Xavier GUILLEMET

(b. 7 August 1739 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 7 October 1808 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

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François-Xavier GUILLEMET was born 7 August 1739 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

François-Xavier GUILLEMET was the child of Guillaume GUILLEMET and Theotiste-Marie ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMET and Marie-Anne BLAIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste ROY and Claire CADRIN (CATRIN)

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

François-Xavier married Madeleine THIBAULT 7 February 1763 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine THIBAULT was born 22 December 1740 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 30 August 1810 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Madeleine was the child of Athanase THIBAULT and Elisabeth GAGNÉ.

François-Xavier GUILLEMET died 7 October 1808 in Berthier-sur-Mer, 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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François-Xavier GUILLEMET married

Madeleine THIBAULT-- Date: 7 February 1763 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
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Madeleine THIBAULT was the child of Athanase THIBAULT and Elisabeth GAGNÉ

Children of François-Xavier GUILLEMET and Madeleine THIBAULT:

François GUILLEMETTE (b.28 August 1765, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Claire PRUNEAU 4 August 1795 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Joseph GUILLEMET (b.10 August 1767, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 July 1841, Saint-Hugues, Canada East)
m. Geneviève LACROIX 23 April 1792 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Judith BOUVIER 30 January 1810 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Marie-Isabelle GUILLEMETTE (b.16 July 1774, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 July 1814, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph MERCIER 6 February 1798 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

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1739 Birth
7 August 1739
Saint-Vallier, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier GUILLEMET and Madeleine THIBAULT 7 February 1763, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
François GUILLEMETTE was born 28 August 1765, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

François-Xavier was 26 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Joseph GUILLEMET was born 10 August 1767, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

François-Xavier was 28 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Isabelle GUILLEMETTE was born 16 July 1774, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

François-Xavier 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)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Joseph GUILLEMET married 23 April 1792, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Geneviève LACROIX

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

1795 Marriage of Child
François GUILLEMETTE married 4 August 1795, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Claire PRUNEAU

1798 Marriage of Child
Marie-Isabelle GUILLEMETTE married 6 February 1798, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier) to Joseph MERCIER

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