Louis-Amable BOILEAU

(b. 29 August 1738 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1814 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Amable BOILEAU was born 29 August 1738 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Louis-Amable BOILEAU was the child of Pierre BOILEAU (BOULEAU) and Madeleine-Marguerite LAHAYE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LAHAYE dit HIBERNOIS and Marie Madeleine SWARDEN (SWARTON)

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Louis-Amable married Josephte LANIEL dite DESROSIERS 27 January 1766 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LANIEL dite DESROSIERS was born 5 June 1750 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Josephte died 22 October 1784 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Françoise AUBAN dite LAGARDE.

Louis-Amable BOILEAU died 23 November 1814 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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Louis-Amable BOILEAU married

Josephte LANIEL dite DESROSIERS-- Date: 27 January 1766 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte LANIEL dite DESROSIERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Françoise AUBAN dite LAGARDE

Children of Louis-Amable BOILEAU and Josephte LANIEL dite DESROSIERS:

Genevieve BOILEAU (b.13 September 1773, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 August 1834, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Thomas ETHIER 28 January 1793 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1738 Birth
29 August 1738
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Amable BOILEAU and Josephte LANIEL dite DESROSIERS 27 January 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 27 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Genevieve BOILEAU was born 13 September 1773, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Louis-Amable was 35 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.