Francois FORCIER

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14 May 1764 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 February 1863 , Saint-Aimé, Canada East

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François FORCIER Agathe HÉBERT

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Born: 14 May 1764 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François FORCIER

Mother: Agathe HÉBERT

Paternal grandparents: Jacques FORCIER , Marie-Thérèse BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE

Maternal grandparents: Leger HÉBERT , Marie-Charlotte CANTARA

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Francois married Marguerite POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ 9 February 1795 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Marguerite POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ was born 9 March 1779 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Michel POITEVIN dit GAGNÉ and Charlotte-Marie ALLARD.

Francois married (2) Geneviève NIQUETTE 5 November 1839 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Geneviève NIQUETTE was born 11 March 1781 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada .

Francois FORCIER died 28 February 1863 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East .

m. Niquette Genevieve
m. Poitevin Marguerite

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Francois FORCIER married

Marguerite POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 9 February 1795
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marguerite POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ was the child of Michel POITEVIN dit GAGNÉ and Charlotte-Marie ALLARD

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Francois FORCIER married

Geneviève NIQUETTE
Marriage date: 5 November 1839
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1764
14 May 1764
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Francois FORCIER and Marguerite POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ 9 February 1795, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 30 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 Marriage / Partner
Francois FORCIER and Geneviève NIQUETTE 5 November 1839, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 75 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser