Geneviève MARCHESSAULT

Born

26 March 1748 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

17 May 1777 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: 26 March 1748 in Québec, Canada, New France

Parents of Geneviève MARCHESSAULT

Father

Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT

Mother

Jeanne CORBIN

Grandparents of Geneviève MARCHESSAULT

Paternal grandparents

Jean MARCHESSAULT dit LARAMÉE Madeleine GATIEN

Maternal grandparents

David CORBIN Jeanne FAVRON

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

Geneviève married Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER 16 July 1765 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER was born 19 March 1739 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Blaise-Benjamin died 2 October 1821 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Blaise-Benjamin was the child of Joseph-René DUROCHER and Louise-Catherine JUILLET.

Geneviève MARCHESSAULT died 17 May 1777 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Geneviève MARCHESSAULT

Geneviève MARCHESSAULT married

Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER
Marriage date: 16 July 1765
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER was the child of Joseph-René DUROCHER and Louise-Catherine JUILLET

Children of Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER and Geneviève MARCHESSAULT

Monique DUROCHER

Born: 1 January 1772, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 April 1850, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Joseph-Marie ARCHAMBAULT 5 October 1789 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1748
26 March 1748
Québec, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève MARCHESSAULT and Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER 16 July 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 17 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Monique DUROCHER was born 1 January 1772, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 23 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.