Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU

(b. 18 January 1726 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 17 November 1791 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU was born 18 January 1726 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU was the child of Philippe-Joseph GALARNEAU and Marie-Anne-Madeleine PINEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GALARNEAU and Jeanne-Geneviève GRESLON dite LAFONTAINE (maternal) Jean PINEL and Romaine CONSTANTINEAU

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Marie-Madeleine married Joseph-Marie GIGNAC 11 January 1745 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Marie GIGNAC was born 14 November 1721 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Joseph-Marie died 31 December 1797 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Joseph-Marie was the child of Pierre GIGNAC and Brigitte PETIT.

Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU died 17 November 1791 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada .

m. Gignac Joseph-Marie

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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-Madeleine GALARNEAU married

Joseph-Marie GIGNAC-- Date: 11 January 1745 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Joseph-Marie GIGNAC was the child of Pierre GIGNAC and Brigitte PETIT

Children of Joseph-Marie GIGNAC and Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU:

Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC (b.9 December 1746, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charlotte BERTRAND 17 January 1780 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

Marie-Madeleine GIGNAC (b.8 September 1749, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1827, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. François HARDY 6 November 1786 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1726 Birth
18 January 1726
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU and Joseph-Marie GIGNAC 11 January 1745, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 18 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC was born 9 December 1746, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Marie-Madeleine was 20 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GIGNAC was born 8 September 1749, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Marie-Madeleine was 23 years old.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC married 17 January 1780, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville) to Charlotte BERTRAND

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine GIGNAC married 6 November 1786, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to François HARDY