Marie-Geneviève CARON

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3 March 1737 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

21 May 1817 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

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Charles CARON Marie-Josephe GAULIN (GOLIN)

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Born: 3 March 1737 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Father: Charles CARON

Mother: Marie-Josephe GAULIN (GOLIN)

Paternal grandparents: Joseph CARON , Elisabeth BERNIER

Maternal grandparents: Robert GAULIN (GOLIN) , Elisabeth LÉTOURNEAU

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Marie-Geneviève married Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE 5 November 1753 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE was born 21 February 1714 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph-Joachim died 26 August 1780 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph-Joachim was the child of Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE).

Marie-Geneviève married (2) Louis METAYER 20 February 1786 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis METAYER was born abt. 1723 in Burie, Charente-Maritime, France.

Marie-Geneviève CARON died 21 May 1817 in Trois-Pistoles, 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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Marie-Geneviève CARON married

Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 5 November 1753
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE was the child of Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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Joseph Francois Levesque b: 15 Nov 1755 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Genevieve Levesque b: 21 Jun 1757 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Joseph Levesque b: 10 Oct 1758 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Catherine Levesque b: 7 Dec 1760 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Benjamin Levesque b: 25 Feb 1763 in Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Quebec

Julien Levesque b: 10 Oct 1764 in Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Quebec

Veronique Levesque b: 19 Sep 1766 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Pascal Levesque b: 31 May 1772 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Germain Levesque b: 19 May 1774 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Marie Reine Levesque b: 30 Apr 1778 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

Joseph Joachim Levesque b: ABT 1779 in of Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec

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Marie-Geneviève CARON married

Louis METAYER
Marriage date: 20 February 1786
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Louis METAYER and Marie-Geneviève CARON

Jacques METAYER

Born: 30 April 1753, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 4 August 1837, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite TURCOTTE 23 August 1796 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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Birth — 1737
3 March 1737
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève CARON and Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE 5 November 1753, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 16 years old.

1753 Birth of Child
Jacques METAYER was born 30 April 1753, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Geneviève was 16 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.

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.

1780 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Joachim LEVESQUE died 26 August 1780, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève CARON and Louis METAYER 20 February 1786, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 49 years old.

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Jacques METAYER married 23 August 1796, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Marguerite TURCOTTE

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

Death — 1817
21 May 1817
Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 80.

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