Josephte MESSIER

Born

1 June 1788 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 June 1820 , Varennes, Lower Canada

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Born: 1 June 1788 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Josephte MESSIER

Father

Joseph MESSIER

Mother

Marie-Josephe COLLETTE (COLLET)

Grandparents of Josephte MESSIER

Paternal grandparents

Augustin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS Marie-Charlotte MONGEAU

Maternal grandparents

Thomas COLLET (COLLETTE) Marie-Josephte LUSSIER

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

Josephte married Augustin BRODEUR 6 October 1806 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Augustin BRODEUR was born 15 December 1779 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . Augustin was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Monique CADIEUX.

Josephte MESSIER died 10 June 1820 in Varennes, Lower Canada .

m. Brodeur Augustin

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Josephte MESSIER

Josephte MESSIER married

Augustin BRODEUR
Marriage date: 6 October 1806
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Augustin BRODEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Monique CADIEUX

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Augustin BRODEUR and Josephte MESSIER

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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 — 1788
1 June 1788
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Josephte MESSIER and Augustin BRODEUR 6 October 1806, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 18 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.