Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ

(b. 23 March 1711 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 8 January 1770 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was born 23 March 1711 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was the child of Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GAGNÉ and Louise PICARD (maternal) René CLOUTIER and Marie-Elisabeth LEBLANC

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

Marie-Geneviève married Guy-Joseph DESPRÉS 20 April 1733 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Guy-Joseph DESPRÉS was born abt. 1707 in France?.

Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ died 8 January 1770 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ

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Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ married

Guy-Joseph DESPRÉS-- Date: 20 April 1733 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Children of Guy-Joseph DESPRÉS and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ:

Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY (b.26 June 1734, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 5 December 1807, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Augustin TALON 1 May 1753 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Judith DESPRÉS (b.4 June 1736, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 21 October 1805, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE 1754 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1711 Birth
23 March 1711
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ and Guy-Joseph DESPRÉS 20 April 1733, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 22 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY was born 26 June 1734, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Geneviève was 23 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Marie-Judith DESPRÉS was born 4 June 1736, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Geneviève was 25 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY married 1 May 1753, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Augustin TALON

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.