Geneviève MARCHESSAULT

(b. 26 March 1748 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 May 1777 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève MARCHESSAULT was born 26 March 1748 in Québec, Canada, New France

Geneviève MARCHESSAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT and Jeanne CORBIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MARCHESSAULT dit LARAMÉE and Madeleine GATIEN (maternal) David CORBIN and Jeanne FAVRON

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Geneviève married Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER 16 July 1765 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER was born 19 March 1739 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Blaise-Benjamin died 2 October 1821 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Blaise-Benjamin was the child of Joseph-René DUROCHER and Louise-Catherine JUILLET.

Geneviève MARCHESSAULT died 17 May 1777 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, 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 MARCHESSAULT married

Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER-- Date: 16 July 1765 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER was the child of Joseph-René DUROCHER and Louise-Catherine JUILLET

Children of Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER and Geneviève MARCHESSAULT:

Monique DUROCHER (b.1 January 1772, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 April 1850, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)
m. Joseph-Marie ARCHAMBAULT 5 October 1789 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1748 Birth
26 March 1748
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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève MARCHESSAULT and Blaise-Benjamin DUROCHER 16 July 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 17 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Monique DUROCHER was born 1 January 1772, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 23 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.