Marie-Genevieve COUTURE

(b. 24 September 1728 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1806 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Genevieve COUTURE was born 24 September 1728 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Genevieve COUTURE was the child of Pierre COUTURE and Marguerite BOUFFARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume COUTURE and Marie-Madeleine COTE (maternal) Jacques BOUFFARD and Anne LECLERC

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

Marie-Genevieve married Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE 7 August 1758 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE was born abt. 1729 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jacques Christophe died 14 September 1765 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Jacques Christophe was the child of Thomas SAUVAGE and Anne LAPIERRE.

Marie-Genevieve COUTURE died 14 February 1806 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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-Genevieve COUTURE married

Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE-- Date: 7 August 1758 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE was the child of Thomas SAUVAGE and Anne LAPIERRE

Children of Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE and Marie-Genevieve COUTURE:

Jacques SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU (b.30 April 1759, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 30 July 1826, Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Canada)
m. Angelique RICHARD 21 June 1784 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
24 September 1728
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve COUTURE and Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE 7 August 1758, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 29 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Jacques SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU was born 30 April 1759, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Genevieve was 30 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.

1765 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE died 14 September 1765, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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.