Marie-Geneviève SURPRENANT

(b. 5 April 1744 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 6 September 1795 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève SURPRENANT was born 5 April 1744 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Geneviève SURPRENANT was the child of Antoine SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne-Françoise GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu GERVAIS and Jeanne-Françoise RONCERAY

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Marie-Geneviève married Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE 16 November 1761 in La Prairie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE was born 29 September 1729 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean-Baptiste died 20 July 1804 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND and Françoise-Marie LAROCHE.

Marie-Geneviève SURPRENANT died 6 September 1795 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.

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Marie-Geneviève SURPRENANT married

Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE-- Date: 16 November 1761 Place: La Prairie, Canada
Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND and Françoise-Marie LAROCHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE and Marie-Geneviève SURPRENANT:

Marie-Catherine-Hélène RAYMOND dite TOULOUSE (b.14 September 1762, La Prairie, Canada d. 31 January 1840, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste CHENAIL (GENAILLE) 10 October 1785 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE (b.26 March 1764, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 March 1825, La Prairie, Lower Canada )

Jean-Marie RAYMOND (b.9 March 1767, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1769, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

Rene RAYMOND (b.1 January 1770, Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Geneviève RAYMOND dite TOULOUSE (b.30 September 1772, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 November 1841, Hemmingford, Canada)

Félicité RAYMOND dite TOULOUSE (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Bonaventure RAYMOND (b.14 July 1780, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 August 1854, Saint-Michel-de-Napierville, Napierville, Quebec, Canada)

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1744 Birth
5 April 1744
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève SURPRENANT and Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE 16 November 1761, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 17 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine-Hélène RAYMOND dite TOULOUSE was born 14 September 1762, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Geneviève was 18 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE was born 26 March 1764, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Geneviève was 19 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie RAYMOND was born 9 March 1767, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Geneviève was 22 years old.

1769 Death of Child
Jean-Marie RAYMOND died 5 March 1769, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Geneviève was 24 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Rene RAYMOND was born 1 January 1770, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 25 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève RAYMOND dite TOULOUSE was born 30 September 1772, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Geneviève was 28 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Bonaventure RAYMOND was born 14 July 1780, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Geneviève was 36 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine-Hélène RAYMOND dite TOULOUSE married 10 October 1785, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste CHENAIL (GENAILLE)

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

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

1795 Death
6 September 1795
La Prairie, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 51.

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