Vital NEVEU

(b. 28 August 1738 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1803 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Vital NEVEU was born 28 August 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Vital NEVEU was the child of Charles-Adrien NEVEU and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Adrien NEVEU DE BACQUEVILLE and Marie-Renee DANDONNEAU (maternal) Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)

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Vital married Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE) 8 January 1759 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 23 September 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Marguerite died 24 May 1803 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Melchior BRISSET dit BEAUPRE and Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON.

Vital NEVEU died 29 May 1803 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Vital NEVEU married

Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE)-- Date: 8 January 1759 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was the child of Joseph-Melchior BRISSET dit BEAUPRE and Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON

Children of Vital NEVEU and Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE):

Marie-Archange NEVEU (b.17 January 1771, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada d. May 23, 1820, Lanoraie, Lower Canada )
m. Charles-David GERMAIN dit BELISLE 6 February 1792 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1738 Birth
28 August 1738
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Vital NEVEU and Marguerite BRISSET (BRISSETTE) 8 January 1759, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 20 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.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange NEVEU was born 17 January 1771, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Vital was 32 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
Marie-Archange NEVEU married 6 February 1792, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Charles-David GERMAIN dit BELISLE

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

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