Marie-Anne GENDRON

(b. 3 September 1721 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1800 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne GENDRON was born 3 September 1721 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne GENDRON was the child of Joseph-Jacques GENDRON and Geneviève ASSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GENDRON dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Anne CHARLAND dite FRANCOEUR (maternal) Jacques ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Marie MORISSET

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

Marie-Anne married Jacques ALEXANDRE 31 January 1763 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques ALEXANDRE was born abt. 1731 in France. Jacques died 15 May 1797 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie).

Marie-Anne GENDRON died 27 April 1800 in L'Acadie, 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-Anne GENDRON married

Jacques ALEXANDRE-- Date: 31 January 1763 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Jacques ALEXANDRE and Marie-Anne GENDRON:

Jacques ALEXANDRE (b.27 April 1764, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 August 1829, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE 3 February 1783 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1721 Birth
3 September 1721
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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
Marie-Anne GENDRON and Jacques ALEXANDRE 31 January 1763, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 41 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Jacques ALEXANDRE was born 27 April 1764, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Anne was 42 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Jacques ALEXANDRE married 3 February 1783, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

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)