Pierre-Esprit SENET (SENEZ)

(b. 5 May 1743 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 31 March 1809 , Chambly, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Esprit SENET (SENEZ) was born 5 May 1743 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre-Esprit SENET (SENEZ) was the child of Esprit SENET (SENEZ) and Marguerite BRAZEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas BRAZEAU and Anne PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR

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Pierre-Esprit married Charlotte CROTEAU 7 May 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte CROTEAU was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte died 13 February 1792 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Charlotte was the child of Bernard CROTEAU and Marie-Catherine TRUCHON dite LÉVEILLÉ.

Pierre-Esprit SENET (SENEZ) died 31 March 1809 in Chambly, 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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Pierre-Esprit SENET (SENEZ) married

Charlotte CROTEAU-- Date: 7 May 1764 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Charlotte CROTEAU was the child of Bernard CROTEAU and Marie-Catherine TRUCHON dite LÉVEILLÉ

Children of Pierre-Esprit SENET (SENEZ) and Charlotte CROTEAU:

Pierre CHAINE (SENEZ) (b.23 May 1765, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise LABORIE dite LAROSE 5 October 1789 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1743 Birth
5 May 1743
Montréal, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Esprit SENET (SENEZ) and Charlotte CROTEAU 7 May 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Pierre CHAINE (SENEZ) was born 23 May 1765, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre-Esprit was 22 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)

1789 Marriage of Child
Pierre CHAINE (SENEZ) married 5 October 1789, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie-Louise LABORIE dite LAROSE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada