Françoise NAULT (HENAULT)

Born

31 August 1760 , Deschambault, Canada

Died

9 March 1836 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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René NAULT Veronique MATHIEU

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Born: 31 August 1760 in Deschambault, Canada

Father: René NAULT

Mother: Veronique MATHIEU

Paternal grandparents: René NAU (NAULT) , Catherine BENOIT dite ABEL

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MATHIEU , Marie HÉBERT

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Françoise married Michel BENOIT 18 October 1784 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . Michel BENOIT was born 18 September 1763 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Michel died 27 August 1829 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Michel was the child of Claude BENOIT and Anne Helene GIROUARD.

Françoise NAULT (HENAULT) died 9 March 1836 in Saint-Ours, 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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Michel BENOIT
Marriage date: 18 October 1784
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel BENOIT was the child of Claude BENOIT and Anne Helene GIROUARD

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Birth — 1760
31 August 1760
Deschambault, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Françoise NAULT (HENAULT) and Michel BENOIT 18 October 1784, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 24 years old.

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

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

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)