Marie-Antoinette SENÉCAL

(b. 5 June 1735 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 18 June 1802 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Antoinette SENÉCAL was born 5 June 1735 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Antoinette SENÉCAL was the child of Antoine SENÉCAL and Anne-Catherine BOURDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SENÉCAL and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT (maternal) Pierre BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) and Marguerite LEFEBVRE

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

Marie-Antoinette married Pierre GIROUX 25 February 1754 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre GIROUX was born 26 October 1719 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Pierre died 23 March 1786 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Pierre was the child of Joseph-Noël GIROUX and Geneviève CADIEUX.

Marie-Antoinette SENÉCAL died 18 June 1802 in La Prairie, 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-Antoinette SENÉCAL married

Pierre GIROUX-- Date: 25 February 1754 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Pierre GIROUX was the child of Joseph-Noël GIROUX and Geneviève CADIEUX

Children of Pierre GIROUX and Marie-Antoinette SENÉCAL:

Joseph GIROUX (b.10 May 1756, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1825, Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada )
m. Felicte TREMBLAY 25 October 1802 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Basile GIROUX (b.29 December 1757, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 7 December 1809, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise BROSSEAU 11 October 1784 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Elisabeth DUPIL 16 August 1791 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

François GIROUX (b.25 September 1760, La Prairie, Canada d. 13 August 1832, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 2 October 1786 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1735 Birth
5 June 1735
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Antoinette SENÉCAL and Pierre GIROUX 25 February 1754, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 18 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Joseph GIROUX was born 10 May 1756, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Antoinette was 20 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Basile GIROUX was born 29 December 1757, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Antoinette was 22 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
François GIROUX was born 25 September 1760, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Antoinette was 25 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Basile GIROUX married 11 October 1784, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Louise BROSSEAU

1786 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre GIROUX died 23 March 1786, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1786 Marriage of Child
François GIROUX married 2 October 1786, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Basile GIROUX married 16 August 1791, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Elisabeth DUPIL

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Death
18 June 1802
La Prairie, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 67.

Added: 7/25/2019 11:48:24 AM - Updated: 12/14/2023 11:05:02 PM