Thomas
GAREAU
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Born: 8 March 1746 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Thomas GAREAU died 14 October 1816 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.
m. Brien Marie-Archange
m. Ritchot Marie-Anne
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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Birth — 17468 March 1746
L'Assomption, Canada, New France
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)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
Death — 181614 October 1816
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 70.
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