Veronique COUSINEAU

(b. 4 January 1743 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1819 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Veronique COUSINEAU was born 4 January 1743 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Veronique COUSINEAU was the child of François COUSINEAU and Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean COUSINEAU and Jeanne BÉNARD (maternal) Pierre MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Marguerite PILET dite JUILLET

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

Veronique married Nicolas-Albert DESNOYERS dit LACROIX 12 February 1770 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nicolas-Albert DESNOYERS dit LACROIX was born 13 July 1741 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Nicolas-Albert died 15 July 1802 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima).

Veronique COUSINEAU died 13 March 1819 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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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Veronique COUSINEAU married

Nicolas-Albert DESNOYERS dit LACROIX-- Date: 12 February 1770 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Nicolas-Albert DESNOYERS dit LACROIX and Veronique COUSINEAU:

Geneviève LACROIX DESNOYERS (b.24 January 1772, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 May 1813, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre LECLAIR (LECLERC) 26 July 1790 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1743 Birth
4 January 1743
Montréal, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Veronique COUSINEAU and Nicolas-Albert DESNOYERS dit LACROIX 12 February 1770, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 27 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Geneviève LACROIX DESNOYERS was born 24 January 1772, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Veronique was 29 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LACROIX DESNOYERS married 26 July 1790, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Pierre LECLAIR (LECLERC)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)