Francoise LEFEBVRE

(b. 25 February 1730 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 11 January 1796 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Francoise LEFEBVRE was born 25 February 1730 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Francoise LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise GIGNAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LADOUCEUR and Marie MARCOTTE (maternal) François GIGNAC and Marie-Anne DUCLOS

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

Francoise married Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY 26 January 1750 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY was born 12 September 1721 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Jean-Baptiste died 7 January 1795 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY and Genevieve CHAYER (CHAILLE).

Francoise LEFEBVRE died 11 January 1796 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada .

m. Chastenay Jean-Baptiste

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Francoise LEFEBVRE married

Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY-- Date: 26 January 1750 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY and Genevieve CHAYER (CHAILLE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY and Francoise LEFEBVRE:

Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY (b.19 July 1752, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angelique ARCAND 16 October 1780 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1730 Birth
25 February 1730
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Francoise LEFEBVRE and Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY 26 January 1750, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 19 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY was born 19 July 1752, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Francoise was 22 years old.

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.

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 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY married 16 October 1780, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Angelique ARCAND

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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