HELP! flag male ancestor  Michel  BENOIT

  (b. 25 April 1784 Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 24 July 1853 Sorel, Lower Canada )  

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Michel BENOIT was born 25 April 1784 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel BENOIT was the child of Pierre BENOIT   and   Marie-Madeleine MATHIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Claude BENOIT and Anne Helene GIROUARD (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste MATHIEU and Madeleine-Angélique PERRAULT

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Michel  married  Elisabeth THORN 9 February 1807 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .  Elisabeth THORN  was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Elisabeth was the child of Jean THORN and Charlotte LAROCQUE.

Michel BENOIT died 24 July 1853 in Sorel, Lower Canada .

m. Thorne Elisabeth


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Did You Know? 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 MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel BENOIT married flag female ancestor Elisabeth THORN-- Date: 9 February 1807 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Elisabeth THORN was the child of Jean THORN and Charlotte LAROCQUE




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birth1784 Birth
25 April 1784
Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1807 Marriage / Partner
Michel BENOIT and Elisabeth THORN 9 February 1807, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 22 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
death1853 Death
24 July 1853
Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He died at the age of 69.
Added: 8/16/2017 9:14:53 AM - Updated: 8/30/2019 1:27:58 PM

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