Catherine SENECAL

(b. 16 October 1729 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 October 1803 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Catherine SENECAL was born 16 October 1729 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Catherine SENECAL was the child of André SENÉCAL and Marguerite BOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean SENÉCAL and Marguerite SENNE (maternal) Nicolas BOYER and Marguerite MACLIN (MAQUELAIN)

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

Catherine married Joseph MONET 14 February 1763 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph MONET was born 17 September 1737 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph died 8 May 1809 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Joseph was the child of Louis MONET and Marie GOUGEON.

Catherine SENECAL died 22 October 1803 in Lachine, 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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Catherine SENECAL married

Joseph MONET-- Date: 14 February 1763 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph MONET was the child of Louis MONET and Marie GOUGEON

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Children of Joseph MONET and Catherine SENECAL:

Marie-Josephte MONET (b.18 October 1769, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 March 1813, Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques LEPAGE dit ROY 8 October 1787 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1729 Birth
16 October 1729
Montréal, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Catherine SENECAL and Joseph MONET 14 February 1763, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 33 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte MONET was born 18 October 1769, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Catherine was 40 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte MONET married 8 October 1787, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Jacques LEPAGE dit ROY

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)