Marie-Josephte BRUNET

(b. 18 September 1728 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1810 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte BRUNET was born 18 September 1728 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte BRUNET was the child of Jean BRUNET and Marguerite DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BRUNET dit LÉTANG and Marie-Madeleine MOISON (maternal) Joseph-Antoine DUBOIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Louise PLUMEREAU

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

Marie-Josephte married Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU 27 September 1751 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU was born 11 July 1724 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Baptiste died 28 July 1787 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Etienne GAUVREAU and Marguerite-Françoise LEGRIS.

Marie-Josephte BRUNET died 14 February 1810 in 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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Marie-Josephte BRUNET married

Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU-- Date: 27 September 1751 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU was the child of Etienne GAUVREAU and Marguerite-Françoise LEGRIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU and Marie-Josephte BRUNET:

Geneviève GAUVREAU (b.18 April 1765, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine PERRAULT (PERREAULT) 20 October 1783 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1728 Birth
18 September 1728
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte BRUNET and Jean-Baptiste GAUVREAU 27 September 1751 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 23 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Geneviève GAUVREAU was born 18 April 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Josephte was 36 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Geneviève GAUVREAU married 20 October 1783, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Antoine PERRAULT (PERREAULT)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)