Genevieve RODRIGUE

(b. 3 August 1747 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1815 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve RODRIGUE was born 3 August 1747 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Genevieve RODRIGUE was the child of Jacques RODRIGUE and Marie-Madeleine LEMIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques RODRIGUE and Geneviève CARON (maternal) Louis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN

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Genevieve married Ignace METHOT 25 November 1765 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace METHOT was born 5 April 1733 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Ignace died 22 July 1817 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Ignace was the child of Joseph METHOT and Helene-Marie NORMAND.

Genevieve RODRIGUE died 5 September 1815 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Genevieve RODRIGUE married

Ignace METHOT-- Date: 25 November 1765 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Ignace METHOT was the child of Joseph METHOT and Helene-Marie NORMAND

Children of Ignace METHOT and Genevieve RODRIGUE:

Marie-Genevieve METHOT (b.3 October 1776, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1821, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Lambert BERNIER 28 October 1794 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1747 Birth
3 August 1747
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve RODRIGUE and Ignace METHOT 25 November 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 18 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve METHOT was born 3 October 1776, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Genevieve was 29 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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve METHOT married 28 October 1794, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Lambert BERNIER

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