Geneviève ROY

(b. 3 May 1733 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1804 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )

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Geneviève ROY was born 3 May 1733 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Geneviève ROY was the child of Etienne ROY and Marie CASSE (LACASSE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas ROY and Marie-Madelaine LEBLONDE (maternal) Joseph CASSE (LACASSE) and Marie-Françoise BAZIN

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Geneviève married Pierre-Philippe BROCHU 30 July 1753 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Philippe BROCHU was born 1 May 1730 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Philippe was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROCHU and Dorothee ALLAIRE.

Geneviève ROY died 12 April 1804 in Saint-Vallier, 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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Geneviève ROY married

Pierre-Philippe BROCHU-- Date: 30 July 1753 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Pierre-Philippe BROCHU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROCHU and Dorothee ALLAIRE

Children of Pierre-Philippe BROCHU and Geneviève ROY:

André BROCHU (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 July 1836, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Geneviève ROY 5 February 1781 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Josephte GAGNON 19 March 1818 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1733 Birth
3 May 1733
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève ROY and Pierre-Philippe BROCHU 30 July 1753 , Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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.

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.