Genevieve PRUNEAU

(b. 18 July 1740 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1820 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Genevieve PRUNEAU was born 18 July 1740 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Genevieve PRUNEAU was the child of Jean PRUNEAU and Marie-Geneviève BOUTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PRUNEAU and Suzanne EMOND (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUTIN and Jeanne AUDEBOUT

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Genevieve married Ignace GAGNON 29 January 1765 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace GAGNON was born 7 March 1745 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Ignace died 2 June 1807 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Ignace was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine CARON.

Genevieve PRUNEAU died 11 August 1820 in Québec Province, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Genevieve PRUNEAU married

Ignace GAGNON-- Date: 29 January 1765 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada
Ignace GAGNON was the child of Joseph GAGNON and Marie-Madeleine CARON

Children of Ignace GAGNON and Genevieve PRUNEAU:

Ignace GAGNON (b.13 February 1769, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1842, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Reine LAVOIE 28 May 1804 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
18 July 1740
Berthier-sur-Mer, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve PRUNEAU and Ignace GAGNON 29 January 1765, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

She was 24 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Ignace GAGNON was born 13 February 1769, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Genevieve was 28 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.