Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS

Born

23 June 1760 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada*

Died

4 April 1852 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada East*

Marie-Josephe married Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE 26 January 1786 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE was born 12 December 1761 in Trois-Rivières, Canada . Pierre-Joseph died 26 December 1827 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* . Pierre-Joseph was the child of Joseph-Pierre ROUETTE and Josephte BIRON .

Parents & Family of Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS

Parents of Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS

Father

Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET

Mother

Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE

Grandparents of Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS

Paternal grandparents

Louis GASTINEAU (GATINEAU) dit DUPLESSIS Jeanne LEMOYNE (LEMOINE)

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE Marie-Claire BERGERON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS

Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS married

Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE
Marriage date: 26 January 1786
Marriage place: Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada*
Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE was the child of Joseph-Pierre ROUETTE and Josephte BIRON

Children of Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE and Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS

Joseph ROUETTE

Born: abt. 1804, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 September 1867, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada East*

Charles ROUETTE

Born: 2 July 1804, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1760
23 June 1760
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada*

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS and Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE 26 January 1786 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

She was 25 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)

1804 Birth of Child
Charles ROUETTE was born 2 July 1804, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Josephe was 44 years old.

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

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)

1827 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE died 26 December 1827, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

Death — 1852
4 April 1852
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada East*
She died at the age of 91.

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