Marie-Françoise GIGNAC

(b. 6 May 1747 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1822 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise GIGNAC was born 6 May 1747 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise GIGNAC was the child of Jacques GIGNAC and Françoise LAFOND dite MONGRAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GIGNAC and Marie-Anne RICHARD (maternal) Jean LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Françoise RIVARD

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

Marie-Françoise married Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ 16 February 1767 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ was born 22 April 1742 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Jean-Baptiste died 10 April 1792 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Adrien PICHÉ and Elisabeth GERMAIN.

Marie-Françoise GIGNAC died 2 January 1822 in Cap-Santé, 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-Françoise GIGNAC married

Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ-- Date: 16 February 1767 Place: Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ was the child of Adrien PICHÉ and Elisabeth GERMAIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ and Marie-Françoise GIGNAC:

Marguerite PICHÉ (b.29 September 1782, Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 March 1870, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
m. François-Xavier ALLARD 22 September 1801 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1747 Birth
6 May 1747
Cap-Santé, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise GIGNAC and Jean-Baptiste PICHÉ 16 February 1767, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 19 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.

1782 Birth of Child
Marguerite PICHÉ was born 29 September 1782, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Marie-Françoise was 35 years old.

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