Etienne PARENT

(b. 12 May 1708 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1782 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Etienne PARENT was born 12 May 1708 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Etienne PARENT was the child of Étienne PARENT and Marie-Thérèse CHEVALIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PARENT and Jeanne BADEAU (BADAULT) (maternal) René CHEVALIER and Jeanne LANGLOIS

Etienne had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Etienne married Marie-Genevieve LEFEBVRE 28 August 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Genevieve LEFEBVRE was born 4 January 1704 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Genevieve died 12 July 1786 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie CRÊSTE (CRÊTE).

Etienne PARENT died 5 March 1782 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Etienne PARENT was a Arpenteur.

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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Family and Children of Etienne PARENT

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Etienne PARENT married

Marie-Genevieve LEFEBVRE-- Date: 28 August 1730 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Genevieve LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie CRÊSTE (CRÊTE)

Children of Etienne PARENT and Marie-Genevieve LEFEBVRE:

Marie PARENT (b.29 September 1732, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 September 1812, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Laurent LEVASSEUR 1 August 1752 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Geneviève PARENT (b.31 May 1734, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 June 1816, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Gabriel LESSARD 27 January 1755 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)
m. Augustin LABBE 17 April 1760 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise PARENT (b.27 October 1735, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1815, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Marie NOLET 19 February 1754 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Louis PARENT (b.26 September 1737, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1808, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve SAMSON 19 August 1766 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Angélique PARENT (b.23 June 1739, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Paul GRENIER 21 January 1765 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jacques-Louis PARENT (b.8 August 1745, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France d. 22 April 1826, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Brigitte NADEAU 30 September 1776 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1708 Birth
12 May 1708
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Marriage / Partner
Etienne PARENT and Marie-Genevieve LEFEBVRE 28 August 1730, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 22 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Marie PARENT was born 29 September 1732, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Etienne was 24 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Geneviève PARENT was born 31 May 1734, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Etienne was 26 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PARENT was born 27 October 1735, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Etienne was 27 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Louis PARENT was born 26 September 1737, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Etienne was 29 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Angélique PARENT was born 23 June 1739, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Etienne was 31 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jacques-Louis PARENT was born 8 August 1745, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Etienne was 37 years old.

1752 Marriage of Child
Marie PARENT married 1 August 1752, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Laurent LEVASSEUR

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PARENT married 19 February 1754, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Jean-Marie NOLET

1755 Marriage of Child
Geneviève PARENT married 27 January 1755, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Gabriel LESSARD

1760 Marriage of Child
Geneviève PARENT married 17 April 1760, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Augustin LABBE

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Angélique PARENT married 21 January 1765, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Paul GRENIER

1766 Marriage of Child
Louis PARENT married 19 August 1766, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Genevieve SAMSON

Revolutionary War
PARENT.Etienne - Captain of Militia, Ste-Marie-de-Beauce. One of the most turbulent rebels, deprived of his commission, corrupted by his wife (BTW);
apparently the surveyor, m. in 1730 to Genevieve Lefebvre (Lefebvre).
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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.