Marie-Amable FAVREAU

Born

30 December 1757 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Died

19 December 1828 , Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

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Father: Richard FAVREAUMother: Marie-Madeleine LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC View parent relationships

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Born: 30 December 1757 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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Richard FAVREAU

Mother

Marie-Madeleine LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC

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Mathurin FAVREAU dit DESLAURIERS Marie-Madeleine EMERY dite CODERRE

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Louis LACOSTE dit LANGUEDOC Marie-Anne BABIN dite LACROIX

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Marie-Amable married Jean-Baptiste-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE 29 September 1783 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 5 January 1762 in Verchères, Canada . Jean-Baptiste-Louis was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN.

Marie-Amable FAVREAU died 19 December 1828 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada .
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Marie-Amable FAVREAU married

Jean-Baptiste-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE
Marriage date: 29 September 1783
Marriage place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Amable FAVREAU

Marie-Catherine PION dite FONTAINE

Born: 24 February 1788, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite PION dite FONTAINE

Born: 10 September 1795, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 3 February 1877, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1757
30 December 1757
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Amable FAVREAU and Jean-Baptiste-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE 29 September 1783, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 25 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine PION dite FONTAINE was born 24 February 1788, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Amable was 30 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1795 Birth of Child
Marguerite PION dite FONTAINE was born 10 September 1795, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Amable was 37 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

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)