Marie-Ursule FOURNIER

(b. 29 August 1750 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1816 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Ursule FOURNIER was born 29 August 1750 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Marie-Ursule FOURNIER was the child of François FOURNIER and Marie-Ursule THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Madeleine FRADET (maternal) Louis THIBAULT and Ceclie FOURNIER

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

Marie-Ursule married Joseph DUGAS 26 July 1779 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUGAS was born 23 February 1750 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph DUGAS dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Amable RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU.

Marie-Ursule FOURNIER died 25 February 1816 in Saint-Constant, 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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Marie-Ursule FOURNIER married

Joseph DUGAS-- Date: 26 July 1779 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DUGAS was the child of Joseph DUGAS dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Amable RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU

Children of Joseph DUGAS and Marie-Ursule FOURNIER:

Joseph-Nicolas DUGAS dit LABRECHE (b.29 February 1780, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite LEFEBVRE 25 November 1805 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1750 Birth
29 August 1750
Saint-Vallier, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Ursule FOURNIER and Joseph DUGAS 26 July 1779, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 28 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Joseph-Nicolas DUGAS dit LABRECHE was born 29 February 1780, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Ursule was 29 years old.

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)

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Nicolas DUGAS dit LABRECHE married 25 November 1805, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Marguerite LEFEBVRE