Louise HARNOIS

(b. 22 May 1722 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 June 1797 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Louise HARNOIS was born 22 May 1722 in Québec, Canada, New France

Louise HARNOIS was the child of Joseph HARNOIS and Angélique PETIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Isaac HARNOIS and Marguerite BLAISE (maternal) Gaspard PETIT dit LABONTÉ and Marie-Louise PINGUET dite LAGLARDIÈRE

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

Louise married Laurent LORANGER GEY dit LESPERANCE 20 February 1759 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent LORANGER GEY dit LESPERANCE was born abt. 1725 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Louise HARNOIS died 7 June 1797 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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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Louise HARNOIS married

Laurent LORANGER GEY dit LESPERANCE-- Date: 20 February 1759 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Children of Laurent LORANGER GEY dit LESPERANCE and Louise HARNOIS:

Marie-Louise LORANGER dite GEY (b.21 July 1759, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 December 1830, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT dit DUCHARME 8 November 1779 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1722 Birth
22 May 1722
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Louise HARNOIS and Laurent LORANGER GEY dit LESPERANCE 20 February 1759, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 36 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LORANGER dite GEY was born 21 July 1759, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louise was 37 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LORANGER dite GEY married 8 November 1779, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT dit DUCHARME

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)