Michel SAVIGNAC

(b. 26 February 1726 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 23 June 1809 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Michel SAVIGNAC was born 26 February 1726 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Michel SAVIGNAC was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAVIGNAC and Marie-Anne HÉNAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre HUNEAULT (ENAUD, HÉNAULT) dit CANADA and Marie-Anne RATEL

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Michel married Geneviève LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) 12 January 1761 in Berthierville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) was born 22 March 1735 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève died 17 May 1820 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) and Marie-Liesse MOTTE.

Michel SAVIGNAC died 23 June 1809 in Berthierville, 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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Michel SAVIGNAC married

Geneviève LUNEAU (LOUINEAU)-- Date: 12 January 1761 Place: Berthierville, Canada
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Geneviève LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) and Marie-Liesse MOTTE

Children of Michel SAVIGNAC and Geneviève LUNEAU (LOUINEAU):

Judith SAVIGNAC (b.1 June 1762, Berthierville, Canada d. 23 January 1802, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph TRINQUE 1 July 1782 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1726 Birth
26 February 1726
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Michel SAVIGNAC and Geneviève LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) 12 January 1761, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 34 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Judith SAVIGNAC was born 1 June 1762, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Michel was 36 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.

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Judith SAVIGNAC married 1 July 1782, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph TRINQUE

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)

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