Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN

Born

7 December 1745 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

29 June 1821 , La Présentation, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN Marie-Anne AUDET

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Born: 7 December 1745 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN

Mother: Marie-Anne AUDET

Paternal grandparents: René-Jean BOUCHER dit MONBRUN , Françoise-Claire CHAREST

Maternal grandparents: Louis AUDET dit PIERCOT , Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite DESRUISSEAUX

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Angélique married Joseph DUFRESNE 1 August 1774 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUFRESNE was born 3 August 1741 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 4 December 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Joseph was the child of Louis DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne LEMELIN.

Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN died 29 June 1821 in La Présentation, 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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Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN married

Joseph DUFRESNE
Marriage date: 1 August 1774
Marriage place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Joseph DUFRESNE was the child of Louis DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne LEMELIN

Children of Joseph DUFRESNE and Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN

Alexandre DUFRESNE

Born: 25 February 1784, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 March 1872, Granby, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite HARNOIS 21 January 1811 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1745
7 December 1745
Verchères, Canada, New France

Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN - Baptism

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN and Joseph DUFRESNE 1 August 1774, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 28 years old.

Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN - 1774 marriage

1774 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1784 Birth of Child
Alexandre DUFRESNE was born 25 February 1784, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Angélique was 38 years old.

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)

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph DUFRESNE died 4 December 1800, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1811 Marriage of Child
Alexandre DUFRESNE married 21 January 1811, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marguerite HARNOIS

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