Marie-Claire GENDRON

(b. 20 April 1730 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 26 October 1799 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Claire GENDRON was born 20 April 1730 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Claire GENDRON was the child of François GENDRON and Marie-Françoise BILODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GENDRON dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Anne CHARLAND dite FRANCOEUR (maternal) Simon BILODEAU and Anne TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

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Marie-Claire married Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX 5 March 1764 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX was born 15 October 1743 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Louis-Joseph-Marie died 17 February 1819 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Louis-Joseph-Marie was the child of Louis LEROUX and Françoise BILODEAU.

Marie-Claire GENDRON died 26 October 1799 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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-Claire GENDRON married

Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX-- Date: 5 March 1764 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX was the child of Louis LEROUX and Françoise BILODEAU

Children of Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX and Marie-Claire GENDRON:

Marie-Louise LEROUX (b.abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste GOUZY (GOUGY) 7 January 1788 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1730 Birth
20 April 1730
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Claire GENDRON and Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX 5 March 1764, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 33 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)

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LEROUX married 7 January 1788, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Jean-Baptiste GOUZY (GOUGY)

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

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