Françoise BENOIT

(b. 24 October 1706 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1787 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Françoise BENOIT was born 24 October 1706 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Françoise BENOIT was the child of Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON (maternal) Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE and Marie-Jeanne TRUDEL

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

Françoise married Jean-François JANELLE 18 May 1730 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Jean-François JANELLE was born abt. 1706 in Paris, France. Jean-François died 10 May 1780 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.

Françoise BENOIT died 2 May 1787 in Nicolet, 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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Family and Children of Françoise BENOIT

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Françoise BENOIT married

Jean-François JANELLE-- Date: 18 May 1730 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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Children of Jean-François JANELLE and Françoise BENOIT:

Pierre-François JANELLE (b.29 April 1731, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Thérèse PROULX 11 February 1754 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marie-Francoise JANELLE (b.20 August 1732, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 15 November 1733, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France )

Josephte JANELLE (b.13 June 1734, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 April 1814, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Etienne DUMAS 22 July 1755 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Joseph JANELLE (b.27 February 1736, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 2 September 1736, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France )

Isabelle-Elisabeth-Jeanne JANELLE (b.17 June 1738, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Antoine GAGNÉ 1 May 1764 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marguerite JANELLE (b.12 August 1741, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 3 September 1824, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste GAGNON 15 April 1761 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Therese JANELLE (b.21 November 1742, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. , )

Francois JANELLE (b.3 June 1745, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph JANELLE (b.24 September 1747, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1800, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Louise CHORET 2 October 1775 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Louis JANELLE (b.9 February 1749, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 5 June 1749, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France)

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1706 Birth
24 October 1706
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1730 Marriage / Partner
Françoise BENOIT and Jean-François JANELLE 18 May 1730, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 23 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Pierre-François JANELLE was born 29 April 1731, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Françoise was 24 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise JANELLE was born 20 August 1732, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Françoise was 25 years old.

1733 Death of Child
Marie-Francoise JANELLE died 15 November 1733, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Françoise was 27 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Josephte JANELLE was born 13 June 1734, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Françoise was 27 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Joseph JANELLE was born 27 February 1736, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Françoise was 29 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Isabelle-Elisabeth-Jeanne JANELLE was born 17 June 1738, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 31 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marguerite JANELLE was born 12 August 1741, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 34 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Therese JANELLE was born 21 November 1742, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 36 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Francois JANELLE was born 3 June 1745, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 38 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Joseph JANELLE was born 24 September 1747, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 40 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Louis JANELLE was born 9 February 1749, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 42 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Pierre-François JANELLE married 11 February 1754, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Thérèse PROULX

1755 Marriage of Child
Josephte JANELLE married 22 July 1755, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Etienne DUMAS

1761 Marriage of Child
Marguerite JANELLE married 15 April 1761, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste GAGNON

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Isabelle-Elisabeth-Jeanne JANELLE married 1 May 1764, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Antoine GAGNÉ

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph JANELLE married 2 October 1775, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Louise CHORET

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.

1780 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-François JANELLE died 10 May 1780, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Death of Child
Pierre-François JANELLE died 1 September 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Françoise was 77 years old.

1787 Death
2 May 1787
Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 80.

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