Madeleine PICHET

Born

9 May 1746 , Louiseville, Canada, New France

Died

28 October 1820 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Madeleine PICHET

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Born: 9 May 1746 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Parents of Madeleine PICHET

Father

Jean PICHET

Mother

Marie-Madeleine PAILLE

Grandparents of Madeleine PICHET

Paternal grandparents

Louis PICHET Marie-Anne COTE

Maternal grandparents

Charles PAILLARD (PAILLE) Françoise LEMAITRE dite AUGER

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

Madeleine married Simon MARTINEAU 27 August 1764 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Simon MARTINEAU was born 2 June 1741 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . Simon died 24 January 1832 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . Simon was the child of Simon MARTINEAU dit ST-ONGE and Geneviève ARCAND dite BOURDELAIS.

Madeleine PICHET died 28 October 1820 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .

m. Martineau Simon

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Madeleine PICHET

Madeleine PICHET married

Simon MARTINEAU
Marriage date: 27 August 1764
Marriage place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Simon MARTINEAU was the child of Simon MARTINEAU dit ST-ONGE and Geneviève ARCAND dite BOURDELAIS

Children of Simon MARTINEAU and Madeleine PICHET

Angélique MARTINEAU

Born: 17 July 1775, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 May 1816, Louiseville, Lower Canada

Married: Benjamin MELANCON 21 September 1794 Place: Louiseville, Lower Canada

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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 — 1746
9 May 1746
Louiseville, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PICHET and Simon MARTINEAU 27 August 1764, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

She was 18 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Angélique MARTINEAU was born 17 July 1775, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Madeleine was 29 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.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Angélique MARTINEAU married 21 September 1794, Louiseville, Lower Canada to Benjamin MELANCON

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Death of Child
Angélique MARTINEAU died 1 May 1816, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Madeleine was 70 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.

Death — 1820
28 October 1820
Louiseville, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 74.

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