Vincent GIROUX

(b. 7 March 1741 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 June 1811 , Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada )

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Vincent GIROUX was born 7 March 1741 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Vincent GIROUX was the child of Vincent GIROUX and Marguerite-Angélique BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Toussaint GIROUX and Thérèse DAUPHIN (maternal) Pierre BOUTEILLER (BOUTHILLIER, BOUTILLET) and Jacqueline (Jaquette) VANDANDAIGUE

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

Vincent married Felicite MAGNAN 21 November 1763 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite MAGNAN was born 9 October 1738 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Felicite was the child of Jacques MAGNAN dit MIGNIER and Marie-Josephe BERGEVIN.

Vincent GIROUX died 17 June 1811 in Beauport, Québec, 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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Vincent GIROUX married

Felicite MAGNAN-- Date: 21 November 1763 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Felicite MAGNAN was the child of Jacques MAGNAN dit MIGNIER and Marie-Josephe BERGEVIN

Children of Vincent GIROUX and Felicite MAGNAN:

Charlotte GIROUX (b.15 March 1766, Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph ALLARD 27 September 1785 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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1741 Birth
7 March 1741
Beauport, Québec, 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
Vincent GIROUX and Felicite MAGNAN 21 November 1763, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 22 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Charlotte GIROUX was born 15 March 1766, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Vincent was 25 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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Charlotte GIROUX married 27 September 1785, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Joseph ALLARD

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)