Louis GARNEAU

(b. 30 October 1746 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1814 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Louis GARNEAU was born 30 October 1746 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Louis GARNEAU was the child of Louis GARNEAU and Marie-Josephe BELAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GARNEAU and Marie CANTIN (QUENTIN) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BÉLAND and Marie COTIN

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Louis married Marie-Josephte AMIOT 15 July 1771 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephte AMIOT was born 22 March 1753 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 3 July 1813 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Madeleine MAROIS.

Louis GARNEAU died 12 April 1814 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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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Louis GARNEAU married

Marie-Josephte AMIOT-- Date: 15 July 1771 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte AMIOT was the child of Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Madeleine MAROIS

Children of Louis GARNEAU and Marie-Josephte AMIOT:

Marie-Anne GARNEAU (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Louis GARNEAU (b.26 October 1779, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 November 1844, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada East)

Angelique GARNEAU (b.abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Angele GARNEAU (b.3 May 1794, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada d. 2 March 1848, St-Roch, Quebec, Canada)

Jacques GARNEAU (b.abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1746 Birth
30 October 1746
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Louis GARNEAU and Marie-Josephte AMIOT 15 July 1771, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 24 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.