Catherine GIROUX

(b. 3 April 1716 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 May 1778 , Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Catherine GIROUX was born 3 April 1716 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Catherine GIROUX was the child of Joseph-Noël GIROUX and Geneviève CADIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Raphaël GIROUX and Marie-Madeleine VACHON (maternal) Jean-Charles-François CADIEUX dit COURVILLE and Madeleine NEVEU

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

Catherine married Jacques PARENT 26 January 1750 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques PARENT was born 6 September 1714 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Jacques died 29 July 1785 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Jacques was the child of Joseph PARENT and Marie-Josephe BELANGER.

Catherine GIROUX died 12 May 1778 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Catherine GIROUX married

Jacques PARENT-- Date: 26 January 1750 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Jacques PARENT was the child of Joseph PARENT and Marie-Josephe BELANGER

Children of Jacques PARENT and Catherine GIROUX:

Marguerite PARENT (b.12 January 1751, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1817, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph DEBLOIS 20 September 1785 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1716 Birth
3 April 1716
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1750 Marriage / Partner
Catherine GIROUX and Jacques PARENT 26 January 1750, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

She was 33 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marguerite PARENT was born 12 January 1751, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Catherine was 34 years old.

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.

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.