Geneviève BOUCHER

(b. 30 July 1726 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1785 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève BOUCHER was born 30 July 1726 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Geneviève BOUCHER was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUCHER and Madeleine MIGNERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BOUCHER and Marguerite-Agnes PELLETIER dite ANTAYA (maternal) Ambroise MIGNERON dit LAJEUNESSE and Geneviève PEPIN dite LACHANCE

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Geneviève married Pierre-Joseph DURAND 16 January 1749 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Pierre-Joseph DURAND was born 21 August 1717 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Joseph died 8 March 1770 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre-Joseph was the child of Louis DURAND and Elisabeth-Agnes MICHEL dite TAILLON.

Geneviève BOUCHER died 15 April 1785 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Geneviève BOUCHER

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Geneviève BOUCHER married

Pierre-Joseph DURAND-- Date: 16 January 1749 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Pierre-Joseph DURAND was the child of Louis DURAND and Elisabeth-Agnes MICHEL dite TAILLON

Children of Pierre-Joseph DURAND and Geneviève BOUCHER:

Pierre DURAND (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1790, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Geneviève GENEREUX 17 October 1774 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Geneviève DURAND (b.26 September 1752, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 21 March 1791, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre CARPENTIER 14 October 1777 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Louise DURAND (b.20 June 1757, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Nicolas DEMERS 12 January 1778 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Louis DURAND (b.9 August 1760, Berthierville, Canada d. 7 December 1834, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Françoise LEVESQUE dite SANSOUCY 25 February 1783 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph DURAND (b.30 August 1765, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Madeleine ETHIER 27 October 1806 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1726 Birth
30 July 1726
Sorel, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève BOUCHER and Pierre-Joseph DURAND 16 January 1749, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 22 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Geneviève DURAND was born 26 September 1752, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Geneviève was 26 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DURAND was born 20 June 1757, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Geneviève was 30 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Louis DURAND was born 9 August 1760, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Geneviève was 34 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Joseph DURAND was born 30 August 1765, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Geneviève was 39 years old.

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Joseph DURAND died 8 March 1770, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1774 Marriage of Child
Pierre DURAND married 17 October 1774, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Geneviève GENEREUX

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DURAND married 14 October 1777, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Pierre CARPENTIER

1778 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DURAND married 12 January 1778, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to Nicolas DEMERS

1783 Marriage of Child
Louis DURAND married 25 February 1783, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Françoise LEVESQUE dite SANSOUCY

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Death
15 April 1785
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 58.

Added: 3/13/2016 12:24:45 PM - Updated: 7/23/2020 10:30:19 AM