Genevieve GAUTHIER

(b. 3 March 1742 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 20 March 1808 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

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Genevieve GAUTHIER was born 3 March 1742 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Genevieve GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Jeanne FOUCHER (FAUCHER) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie GAUTHIER and Marie-Catherine HAMEL (maternal) Joseph FOUCHER (FAUCHER) and Marguerite MARCOTTE

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

Genevieve married Michel GIRARD 4 July 1763 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel GIRARD was born 3 August 1737 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Michel died 17 October 1821 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Michel was the child of Michel GIRARD and Geneviève EMOND.

Genevieve GAUTHIER died 20 March 1808 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, 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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Genevieve GAUTHIER married

Michel GIRARD-- Date: 4 July 1763 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel GIRARD was the child of Michel GIRARD and Geneviève EMOND

Children of Michel GIRARD and Genevieve GAUTHIER:

Genevieve GIRARD (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 August 1843, Trois-Rivières, Canada East )
m. Joseph PANNETON 23 November 1789 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

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1742 Birth
3 March 1742
Lotbinière, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve GAUTHIER and Michel GIRARD 4 July 1763, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 21 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
Genevieve GIRARD married 23 November 1789, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac) to Joseph PANNETON

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

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

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