Genevieve FOURNIER

(b. 11 March 1740 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1807 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve FOURNIER was born 11 March 1740 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Genevieve FOURNIER was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marie-Marguerite JOUANNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD (maternal) Marc JOUANNE and Marie-Anne PLANTE

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Genevieve married Jean-Baptiste CREVIER 24 November 1766 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste CREVIER was born 5 June 1738 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 3 May 1809 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste CREVIER and Ursule PIGEON.

Genevieve FOURNIER died 22 March 1807 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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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Genevieve FOURNIER married

Jean-Baptiste CREVIER-- Date: 24 November 1766 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
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Jean-Baptiste CREVIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste CREVIER and Ursule PIGEON

Children of Jean-Baptiste CREVIER and Genevieve FOURNIER:

Marie-Geneviève CREVIER dite ST-JEAN (b.3 July 1770, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 August 1854, Papineauville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis MORIN dit VALCOURT 8 October 1792 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
11 March 1740
Montmagny, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve FOURNIER and Jean-Baptiste CREVIER 24 November 1766, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève CREVIER dite ST-JEAN was born 3 July 1770, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Genevieve was 30 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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève CREVIER dite ST-JEAN married 8 October 1792, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Louis MORIN dit VALCOURT

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

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