Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT

(b. 5 February 1702 , Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 February 1764 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT was born 5 February 1702 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France

Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT was the child of Gaspard PETIT dit LABONTÉ and Marie-Louise PINGUET dite LAGLARDIÈRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre PINGUET dit LAGLARDIÈRE and Anne CHEVALIER

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Geneviève-Dorothee married Pierre PETIT 24 February 1727 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre PETIT was born abt. 1700 in France.

Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT died 29 February 1764 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT

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Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT married

Pierre PETIT-- Date: 24 February 1727 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Children of Pierre PETIT and Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT:

Marguerite PETIT (b.20 March 1729, Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 June 1803, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre LEVASSEUR dit CHAVERLANGE 9 October 1752 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Louise-Genevieve PETIT (b.17 March 1730, Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 October 1802, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste GUYON dit DUROUVRAY 13 April 1750 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1702 Birth
5 February 1702
Sainte-Foy, 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

1727 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève-Dorothee PETIT and Pierre PETIT 24 February 1727, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 25 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Marguerite PETIT was born 20 March 1729, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Geneviève-Dorothee was 27 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Genevieve PETIT was born 17 March 1730, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Geneviève-Dorothee was 28 years old.

1750 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise-Genevieve PETIT married 13 April 1750, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean-Baptiste GUYON dit DUROUVRAY

1752 Marriage of Child
Marguerite PETIT married 9 October 1752 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Pierre LEVASSEUR dit CHAVERLANGE

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.