Marie-Anne GIGNAC

(b. 8 May 1753 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1820 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne GIGNAC was born 8 May 1753 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne GIGNAC was the child of Jacques GIGNAC and Françoise LAFOND dite MONGRAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GIGNAC and Marie-Anne RICHARD (maternal) Jean LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Françoise RIVARD

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

Marie-Anne married Alexis PICHE 16 January 1774 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis PICHE was born 3 November 1750 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Alexis died 28 March 1837 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Alexis was the child of Adrien PICHÉ and Elisabeth GERMAIN.

Marie-Anne GIGNAC died 4 January 1820 in Louiseville, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Anne GIGNAC married

Alexis PICHE-- Date: 16 January 1774 Place: Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis PICHE was the child of Adrien PICHÉ and Elisabeth GERMAIN

Children of Alexis PICHE and Marie-Anne GIGNAC:

Françoise PICHE (b.24 July 1781, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 November 1869, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada)
m. Michel BARRETTE 24 October 1803 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1753 Birth
8 May 1753
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne GIGNAC and Alexis PICHE 16 January 1774, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 20 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.

1781 Birth of Child
Françoise PICHE was born 24 July 1781, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Anne was 28 years old.

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Françoise PICHE married 24 October 1803, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Michel BARRETTE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.