Pierre GIGNAC

(b. 21 September 1693 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 14 December 1772 , Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre GIGNAC was born 21 September 1693 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Pierre GIGNAC was the child of François GIGNAC and Marie-Anne DUCLOS and the grandchild of: (maternal) François DUCLOS and Jeanne CERISIER

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Pierre married Brigitte PETIT 24 January 1717 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Brigitte PETIT was born 27 June 1701 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Brigitte was the child of Nicolas PETIT and Marie-Marguerite BERTRAND.

Pierre GIGNAC died 14 December 1772 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, 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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Pierre GIGNAC married

Brigitte PETIT-- Date: 24 January 1717 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
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Brigitte PETIT was the child of Nicolas PETIT and Marie-Marguerite BERTRAND

Children of Pierre GIGNAC and Brigitte PETIT:

Madeleine GIGNAC (b.8 July 1719, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 11 May 1790, Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER 22 October 1736 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Joseph-Marie GIGNAC (b.14 November 1721, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 31 December 1797, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU 11 January 1745 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Brigitte GIGNAC (b.3 December 1723, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 15 November 1806, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre RICHARD 26 February 1748 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC (b.28 February 1726, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 18 October 1782, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Alexis MATTE 23 August 1745 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Angelique GIGNAC (b.27 September 1732, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1814, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre PICHÉ 10 January 1752 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre GIGNAC (b.2 April 1734, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 12 July 1801, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise HARDY 3 February 1755 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Josephe GIGNAC (b.25 May 1743, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1809, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph GALARNEAU 14 May 1764 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1693 Birth
21 September 1693
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GIGNAC and Brigitte PETIT 24 January 1717, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 23 years old.

1719 Birth of Child
Madeleine GIGNAC was born 8 July 1719, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 25 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie GIGNAC was born 14 November 1721, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
Brigitte GIGNAC was born 3 December 1723, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC was born 28 February 1726, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Angelique GIGNAC was born 27 September 1732, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Pierre GIGNAC was born 2 April 1734, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1736 Marriage of Child
Madeleine GIGNAC married 22 October 1736, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER

1743 Birth of Child
Josephe GIGNAC was born 25 May 1743, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 49 years old.

1745 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie GIGNAC married 11 January 1745, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU

1745 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC married 23 August 1745, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Alexis MATTE

1748 Marriage of Child
Brigitte GIGNAC married 26 February 1748, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Pierre RICHARD

1752 Marriage of Child
Angelique GIGNAC married 10 January 1752, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Pierre PICHÉ

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Pierre GIGNAC married 3 February 1755, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Françoise HARDY

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Josephe GIGNAC married 14 May 1764, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Joseph GALARNEAU