François BRUNEAU

(b. 28 January 1749 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 September 1807 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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François BRUNEAU was born 28 January 1749 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

François BRUNEAU was the child of Charles BRUNEAU and Marie-Louise LAMOTHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BRUNEAU and Marie-Madeleine BOURGOIN (maternal) François-Louis LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Marie-Anne MERDIEU dite BOURBON

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François married Marie-Angélique ASSELIN 22 June 1779 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Angélique ASSELIN was born 11 June 1759 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Angélique died 11 August 1835 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Angélique was the child of François ASSELIN and Marie-Anne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE.

François BRUNEAU died 21 September 1807 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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François BRUNEAU married

Marie-Angélique ASSELIN-- Date: 22 June 1779 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Angélique ASSELIN was the child of François ASSELIN and Marie-Anne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Children of François BRUNEAU and Marie-Angélique ASSELIN:

Francois BRUNEAU (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève LETOURNEAU 23 June 1800 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Charles BRUNEAU (b.abt. 1784, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 October 1821, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite CLOUTIER 21 July 1806 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1749 Birth
28 January 1749
Beauport, Québec, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
François BRUNEAU and Marie-Angélique ASSELIN 22 June 1779 , Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1800 Marriage of Child
Francois BRUNEAU married 23 June 1800, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Geneviève LETOURNEAU

1806 Marriage of Child
Charles BRUNEAU married 21 July 1806, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Marguerite CLOUTIER