Marie-Elisabeth GENDRON

(b. 27 April 1722 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1800 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Elisabeth GENDRON was born 27 April 1722 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Elisabeth GENDRON was the child of Jacques GENDRON dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Madeleine TRUDEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas GENDRON dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Marthe HUBERT (maternal) Nicolas TRUDEL and Barbe LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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

Marie-Elisabeth married François VIGNEAULT 4 October 1745 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François VIGNEAULT was born 22 February 1717 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). François died 18 July 1775 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). François was the child of Antoine VIGNEAULT and Madeleine PICHET.

Marie-Elisabeth GENDRON died 28 May 1800 in Québec, 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-Elisabeth GENDRON married

François VIGNEAULT-- Date: 4 October 1745 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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François VIGNEAULT was the child of Antoine VIGNEAULT and Madeleine PICHET

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Children of François VIGNEAULT and Marie-Elisabeth GENDRON:

Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT dite LAVERDURE (b.16 November 1747, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 July 1821, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Louis TROY dit LAFRANCHISE 27 January 1767 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1722 Birth
27 April 1722
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Elisabeth GENDRON and François VIGNEAULT 4 October 1745, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 23 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT dite LAVERDURE was born 16 November 1747, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Elisabeth was 25 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT dite LAVERDURE married 27 January 1767, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Louis TROY dit LAFRANCHISE

1775 Death of Spouse/Partner
François VIGNEAULT died 18 July 1775, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.