Marie-Josephte LAPORTE

Born

17 April 1781 , Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 July 1834 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Marie-Josephte LAPORTE

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Born: 17 April 1781 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Marie-Josephte LAPORTE

Father

Charles LAPORTE

Mother

Marie-Josephe ETHIER

Grandparents of Marie-Josephte LAPORTE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES Antoinette CUSSON

Maternal grandparents

René ÉTHIER Marie-Charlotte COULON dite MABRIAN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Josephte married Pierre HETU 17 September 1798 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre HETU was born 29 May 1775 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre died 10 September 1855 in Lavaltrie, Canada East . Pierre was the child of Pierre HETU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne LAURENCE.

Marie-Josephte LAPORTE died 29 July 1834 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .

m. Hetu Pierre

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Josephte LAPORTE

Marie-Josephte LAPORTE married

Pierre HETU
Marriage date: 17 September 1798
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
Pierre HETU was the child of Pierre HETU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne LAURENCE

Children of Pierre HETU and Marie-Josephte LAPORTE

Josephte HETU

Born: abt. 1802, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 August 1834, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Marie-Therese HETU

Born: abt. 1807, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 January 1849, Lavaltrie, Canada East

Married: Pierre GIGUERE 11 July 1826 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada

Marthe HETU

Born: abt. 1812, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1781
17 April 1781
Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte LAPORTE and Pierre HETU 17 September 1798, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

She was 17 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England