Benjamin MARQUIS

Born

11 September 1784 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 October 1864 , Frenchville, Maine, USA

Benjamin married Marie-Victoire ROY 9 February 1802 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
Marie-Victoire ROY was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Victoire died 24 January 1811 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

Benjamin married Theotiste BOUCHARD 10 January 1814 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste BOUCHARD was born 3 May 1786 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . Theotiste died 25 September 1875 in Frenchville, Maine, USA . Theotiste was the child of Prisque BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe SAUCIER .

Parents & Family of Benjamin MARQUIS

Parents of Benjamin MARQUIS

Father

Joseph-Francois MARQUIS

Mother

Agnes-Genevieve COTE

Grandparents of Benjamin MARQUIS

Paternal grandparents

Charles-Francois MARQUIS Marie-Anne BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents

Pierre CÔTÉ Marie-Anne LEPAGE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benjamin MARQUIS

Benjamin MARQUIS married

Marie-Victoire ROY
Marriage date: 9 February 1802
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Benjamin MARQUIS and Marie-Victoire ROY

No children are currently listed for this couple.

Benjamin MARQUIS married

Theotiste BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 10 January 1814
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Theotiste BOUCHARD was the child of Prisque BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe SAUCIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Benjamin MARQUIS and Theotiste BOUCHARD

Clarsse MARQUIS

Born: abt. 1830, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 22 April 1923, Fort Kent, Maine, USA

Married: Joseph Onezime OUELLETTE

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1784
11 September 1784
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1802 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin MARQUIS and Marie-Victoire ROY 9 February 1802, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 17 years old.

1811 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Victoire ROY died 24 January 1811, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin MARQUIS and Theotiste BOUCHARD 10 January 1814, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 29 years old.

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

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)

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

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)

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

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