Geneviève DUFOUR

(b. 14 January 1740 , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 April 1816 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève DUFOUR was born 14 January 1740 in Québec Province, Canada

Geneviève DUFOUR was the child of Claude-Jacques DUFOUR and Madeleine LEROUX and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Louise CHAUSSE dite LAUZET

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Geneviève married Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER 13 October 1760 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was born 29 May 1727 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Jean-Baptiste died 21 October 1813 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA and Marie FORTIER.

Geneviève DUFOUR died 3 April 1816 in Saint-Martin, Laval, 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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Geneviève DUFOUR married

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER-- Date: 13 October 1760 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA and Marie FORTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Geneviève DUFOUR:

Joseph GAUTHIER (b.17 January 1767, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte VAILLANCOURT 19 January 1807 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
14 January 1740
Québec Province, Canada

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève DUFOUR and Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER 13 October 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

She was 20 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.

1767 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER was born 17 January 1767, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Geneviève was 27 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.