Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

Born

19 October 1726 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Died

26 October 1801 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Nicolas GERVAIS Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULT

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Born: 19 October 1726 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Father: Nicolas GERVAIS

Mother: Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas GERVAIS , Marie-Madeleine PAYETTE (PAYET)

Maternal grandparents: Jacques ARCHAMBAULT , Marie-Françoise AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE

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Marie-Madeleine married Charles SENECAL 10 February 1749 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Charles SENECAL was born 25 June 1716 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Charles died 4 November 1782 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Charles was the child of André SENÉCAL and Marguerite BOYER.

Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS died 26 October 1801 in Montréal, 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-Madeleine GERVAIS married

Charles SENECAL
Marriage date: 10 February 1749
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Charles SENECAL was the child of André SENÉCAL and Marguerite BOYER

Children of Charles SENECAL and Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

Madeleine SENECAL

Born: 12 May 1751, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 11 June 1790, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie SENECAL

Born: 18 October 1756, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Charles SENECAL

Born: 20 July 1761, Montréal, Canada
Died: 8 April 1837, Montréal, Lower Canada

Marie-Archange-Angelique SENECAL

Born: 13 February 1763, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 November 1808, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1726
19 October 1726
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS and Charles SENECAL 10 February 1749, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 22 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Madeleine SENECAL was born 12 May 1751, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Madeleine was 24 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie SENECAL was born 18 October 1756, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Madeleine was 30 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Charles SENECAL was born 20 July 1761, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Madeleine was 34 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange-Angelique SENECAL was born 13 February 1763, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Madeleine was 36 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles SENECAL died 4 November 1782, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Death of Child
Madeleine SENECAL died 11 June 1790, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Madeleine was 63 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)

Death — 1801
26 October 1801
Montréal, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 75.