Marie-Françoise SENECAL

(b. 16 December 1763 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 January 1833 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise SENECAL was born 16 December 1763 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise SENECAL was the child of Paul SENÉCAL and Marie-Françoise GIROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SENÉCAL and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT (maternal) Pierre-François GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Angelique MAHEU

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

Marie-Françoise married Joseph BROSSEAU 3 October 1791 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BROSSEAU was born 14 September 1768 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph was the child of Joseph BROSSEAU and Marguerite BEAUVAIS.

Marie-Françoise SENECAL died 1 January 1833 in La Prairie, 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-Françoise SENECAL married

Joseph BROSSEAU-- Date: 3 October 1791 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Joseph BROSSEAU was the child of Joseph BROSSEAU and Marguerite BEAUVAIS

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Children of Joseph BROSSEAU and Marie-Françoise SENECAL:

Marie-Louise BROSSEAU (b.6 December 1793, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 10 March 1880, La Prairie, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste NIEDING (NIDING) 22 February 1813 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1763 Birth
16 December 1763
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise SENECAL and Joseph BROSSEAU 3 October 1791, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 27 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BROSSEAU was born 6 December 1793, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Françoise was 29 years old.

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BROSSEAU married 22 February 1813, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste NIEDING (NIDING)

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England