Alexis BELANGER

(b. 2 July 1751 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1796 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Alexis BELANGER was born 2 July 1751 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Alexis BELANGER was the child of Jean-Francois BELANGER and Marie-Louise CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BELANGER and Geneviève CLOUTIER (maternal) François CARON and Marie-Geneviève DOMINGO

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Alexis married Marie-Thérèse HARNOIS 7 February 1774 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse HARNOIS was born 31 May 1753 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Thérèse died 13 April 1806 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Thérèse was the child of André HARNOIS and Suzanne DALPE dite PARISEAU.

Alexis BELANGER died 4 August 1796 in Berthierville, 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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Alexis BELANGER married

Marie-Thérèse HARNOIS-- Date: 7 February 1774 Place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse HARNOIS was the child of André HARNOIS and Suzanne DALPE dite PARISEAU

Children of Alexis BELANGER and Marie-Thérèse HARNOIS:

Joseph-Alexis BELANGER (b.17 May 1780, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1841, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE 13 January 1800 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1751 Birth
2 July 1751
L'Islet, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Alexis BELANGER and Marie-Thérèse HARNOIS 7 February 1774, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 22 years old.

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.

1780 Birth of Child
Joseph-Alexis BELANGER was born 17 May 1780, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Alexis was 28 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)