Marie-Renee GIBEAU

(b. 14 April 1757 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1821 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Renee GIBEAU was born 14 April 1757 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Renee GIBEAU was the child of Alexis GIBEAU and Madeleine BARBEAU dite BOISDORÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel GIBEAU dit POITEVIN and Marguerite DEMERS (DUMAIS) (maternal) Gabriel BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ and Marie-Madeleine LORY

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

Marie-Renee married Michel SURPRENANT 3 March 1778 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Michel SURPRENANT was born 24 April 1753 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Michel was the child of Michel SURPRENANT and Marguerite LONGTIN.

Marie-Renee GIBEAU died 4 November 1821 in Châteauguay, 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-Renee GIBEAU married

Michel SURPRENANT-- Date: 3 March 1778 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Michel SURPRENANT was the child of Michel SURPRENANT and Marguerite LONGTIN

Children of Michel SURPRENANT and Marie-Renee GIBEAU:

Alexis SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY (b.10 June 1781, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada)
m. Marie Anne MACOMTEHQUAYE IGNACE 1837

Cecile SURPRENANT (b.1 October 1793, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 22 November 1872, St-Isidore, Laprairie, Québec, Canada)
m. Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE) 25 November 1816 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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1757 Birth
14 April 1757
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Renee GIBEAU and Michel SURPRENANT 3 March 1778, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 20 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Alexis SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY was born 10 June 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Renee was 24 years old.

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)

1793 Birth of Child
Cecile SURPRENANT was born 1 October 1793, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Renee was 36 years old.

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Cecile SURPRENANT married 25 November 1816, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada to Francois DECOSTE (DECOSSE)

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