flag female ancestor  Mary Jane  GIGNAC

  (b. 24 March 1792 Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada   d. 12 August 1877 Detroit, Michigan, USA )  
Age: 42

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Mary Jane GIGNAC was born 24 March 1792 in Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada

Mary Jane GIGNAC was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC   and   Charlotte BERTRAND and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph-Marie GIGNAC and Marie-Madeleine GALARNEAU (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Marie-Madeleine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN

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Mary Jane  married  Pierre BENETEAU 1 October 1811 in L'Assumption, Windsor, Ontario, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BENETEAU  was born 27 February 1785 in Assumption, Ontario, Canada.  Pierre died 21 October 1827 in Amherstburg, , Ontario, Canada.  Pierre was the child of Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE and Marie-Françoise GAGNON.

Mary Jane GIGNAC died 12 August 1877 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Family and Children of Mary Jane GIGNAC

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Mary Jane GIGNAC married flag male ancestor Pierre BENETEAU-- Date: 1 October 1811 Place: L'Assumption, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Pierre BENETEAU was the child of Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE and Marie-Françoise GAGNON




Children of Pierre BENETEAU and Mary Jane GIGNAC:

immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor Leander BENETEAU (b.19 September 1812, Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada   d. 24 September 1898, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
m. Elizabeth LOCKHART 



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birth1792 Birth
24 March 1792
Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada
marriage1811 Marriage / Partner
Mary Jane GIGNAC and Pierre BENETEAU 1 October 1811, L'Assumption, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

She was 19 years old.
1812 Birth of Child
Leander BENETEAU was born 19 September 1812, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

Mary Jane was 20 years old.
1827 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre BENETEAU died 21 October 1827, Amherstburg, , Ontario, Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1877 Death
12 August 1877
Detroit, Michigan, USA

She died at the age of 85.


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