Michel FRENET (FRENETTE)

Born

19 February 1729 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Died

6 February 1776 , Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada

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Michel FRENET (FRENETTE)Marie-Josephe RICHER

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Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) was born 19 February 1729 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) was the child of Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marie-Josephe RICHER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marie-Olive LAVOIE (maternal) Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART)

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Michel married Marie-Louise RICHARD 4 November 1754 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise RICHARD was born 17 June 1732 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Louise died 9 April 1774 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis-Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Louise MARCOTTE.

Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) died 6 February 1776 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, 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-Louise RICHARD-- Date: 4 November 1754 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise RICHARD was the child of Louis-Joseph RICHARD and Marie-Louise MARCOTTE

Children of Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marie-Louise RICHARD

Michel FRENETTE (b.8 January 1757, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 6 February 1797, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth BOUDREAU (BOUDROT) 17 February 1783 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1729 Birth
19 February 1729
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Michel FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marie-Louise RICHARD 4 November 1754, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 25 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Michel FRENETTE was born 8 January 1757, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Michel was 27 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.

1774 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise RICHARD died 9 April 1774, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.