Jean SENECAL

(b. 18 October 1765 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1829 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Jean SENECAL was born 18 October 1765 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean SENECAL was the child of Jean-Baptiste SENÉCAL and Marie-Catherine BABEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine SENÉCAL and Anne-Catherine BOURDEAU (maternal) Louis BABEU and Geneviève DENIGER

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

Jean married Catherine PERRIER 30 June 1794 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine PERRIER was born 5 September 1771 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Catherine died 24 July 1832 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Catherine was the child of Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Marie-Catherine POISSANT.

Jean SENECAL died 19 October 1829 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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Jean SENECAL married

Catherine PERRIER-- Date: 30 June 1794 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Catherine PERRIER was the child of Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Marie-Catherine POISSANT

Children of Jean SENECAL and Catherine PERRIER:

Rosalie SENECAL (b.25 January 1816, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 22 April 1880, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada)
m. Louis TREMBLAY 26 November 1839 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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1765 Birth
18 October 1765
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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Jean SENECAL and Catherine PERRIER 30 June 1794, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 28 years old.

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

1816 Birth of Child
Rosalie SENECAL was born 25 January 1816, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean was 50 years old.

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