Augustin BERTHIAUME

Born

4 April 1771 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 February 1827 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME Francoise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE

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Born: 4 April 1771 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME

Mother: Francoise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE

Paternal grandparents: Andre BERTHIAUME , Marie-Anne BOUVIER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE , Marie-Angélique VACHER dite LACERTE

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Augustin married Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS 11 February 1793 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS was born 11 June 1756 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Antoinette died 18 November 1827 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Marie-Antoinette was the child of François DEGRAIS dit LANGEVIN and Catherine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT.

Augustin BERTHIAUME died 20 February 1827 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, 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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Augustin BERTHIAUME married

Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS
Marriage date: 11 February 1793
Marriage place: Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*
Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS was the child of François DEGRAIS dit LANGEVIN and Catherine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT

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Augustin BERTHIAUME

Born: abt. 1795, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: 8 December 1837, Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Married: Julie BARIBEAU 15 November 1819 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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Birth — 1771
4 April 1771
Louiseville, 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)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Augustin BERTHIAUME and Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS 11 February 1793, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

He was 21 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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Augustin BERTHIAUME married 15 November 1819, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Julie BARIBEAU

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England