Geneviève ROUSSIN

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28 December 1716 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

27 April 1799 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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Jean ROUSSIN Geneviève PAUZÉ

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Born: 28 December 1716 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Jean ROUSSIN

Mother: Geneviève PAUZÉ

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas ROUSSIN , Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Jacques PAUZE , Marie-Anne JOBIDON

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Geneviève married Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE 3 October 1735 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE was born 1 April 1708 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Eustache died 9 July 1793 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Eustache was the child of Pierre SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Anne LABADIE.

Geneviève ROUSSIN died 27 April 1799 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE
Marriage date: 3 October 1735
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of Pierre SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Anne LABADIE

Children of Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Geneviève ROUSSIN

Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 2 September 1739, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 8 October 1811, Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Claire JONCAS 19 October 1761 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Thérèse SYLVESTRE

Born: 18 December 1746, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 2 January 1817, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Aubin GAMACHE 13 February 1775 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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Birth — 1716
28 December 1716
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève ROUSSIN and Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE 3 October 1735, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 18 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE was born 2 September 1739, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Geneviève was 22 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Thérèse SYLVESTRE was born 18 December 1746, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Geneviève was 29 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE married 19 October 1761, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Claire JONCAS

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.

1775 Marriage of Child
Thérèse SYLVESTRE married 13 February 1775, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Aubin GAMACHE

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.