Geneviève CHEVALIER

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28 May 1748 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

3 January 1827 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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René CHEVALIER Thérèse MAROIS

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Born: 28 May 1748 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: René CHEVALIER

Mother: Thérèse MAROIS

Maternal grandparents: Basile MAROIS , Madeleine-Thérèse LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

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Geneviève married Joseph-Marie CHAMBERLAND 22 November 1784 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph-Marie CHAMBERLAND was born 22 June 1741 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph-Marie died 19 October 1823 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph-Marie was the child of Simon CHAMBERLAND and Thérèse OUIMET.

Geneviève CHEVALIER died 3 January 1827 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Geneviève CHEVALIER married

Joseph-Marie CHAMBERLAND
Marriage date: 22 November 1784
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie CHAMBERLAND was the child of Simon CHAMBERLAND and Thérèse OUIMET

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Birth — 1748
28 May 1748
Québec, 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.

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
Geneviève CHEVALIER and Joseph-Marie CHAMBERLAND 22 November 1784 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 36 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