Geneviève LEMIEUX

(b. 15 April 1745 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1812 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève LEMIEUX was born 15 April 1745 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Geneviève LEMIEUX was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Marie-Geneviève THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis LEMIEUX and Elisabeth BELANGER (maternal) Jacques THIBEAULT (THIBAULT) (THIBEAU) and Marie-Anne PROULX

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Geneviève married Jacques COLLIN (COLIN) 28 January 1771 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques COLLIN (COLIN) was born 25 March 1731 in Les Biards, St-Martin, Manche, France. Jacques died 2 September 1811 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire).

Geneviève LEMIEUX died 30 May 1812 in Montmagny, 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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Geneviève LEMIEUX married

Jacques COLLIN (COLIN)-- Date: 28 January 1771 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Jacques COLLIN (COLIN) and Geneviève LEMIEUX:

Geneviève COLLIN (COLIN) (b.30 September 1773, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Germain LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR 9 February 1795 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1745 Birth
15 April 1745
Montmagny, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève LEMIEUX and Jacques COLLIN (COLIN) 28 January 1771, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 25 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Geneviève COLLIN (COLIN) was born 30 September 1773, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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.

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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Geneviève COLLIN (COLIN) married 9 February 1795, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Germain LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

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