Geneviève SPENARD

(b. 22 March 1743 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1806 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève SPENARD was born 22 March 1743 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

Geneviève SPENARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste SPENARD and Elisabeth COURTOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre SPENARD and Marie-Charlotte ARNAULT (maternal) Gabriel COURTOIS and Elisabeth MOREAU

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

Geneviève married Joseph BRANCONNIER 11 January 1762 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BRANCONNIER was born 19 March 1737 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph died 29 July 1819 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRANCONNIER and Jeanne DUFRESNE.

Geneviève SPENARD died 22 November 1806 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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 SPENARD married

Joseph BRANCONNIER-- Date: 11 January 1762 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada
Joseph BRANCONNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRANCONNIER and Jeanne DUFRESNE

Children of Joseph BRANCONNIER and Geneviève SPENARD:

Marie-Victoire BRANCONNIER (b.1 March 1773, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François HÉNAULT dit LAFRENIÈRE 6 June 1796 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1743 Birth
22 March 1743
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève SPENARD and Joseph BRANCONNIER 11 January 1762, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

She was 18 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.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire BRANCONNIER was born 1 March 1773, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 29 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)

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Marie-Victoire BRANCONNIER married 6 June 1796, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to François HÉNAULT dit LAFRENIÈRE

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