Denis BROSSARD

Born

26 March 1756 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

9 September 1848 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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Born: 26 March 1756 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Parents of Denis BROSSARD

Father

Denis BROSSARD

Mother

Marie GAGNÉ dite DAUBIGEON

Grandparents of Denis BROSSARD

Paternal grandparents

Claude BROSSARD Barbe HEBERT dite LAROSE

Maternal grandparents

François GAGNÉ dit DAUBIGEON Marie-Madeleine DUPUIS

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

Denis married Geneviève LEROUX 31 May 1779 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève LEROUX was born 29 August 1759 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France. Geneviève died 13 November 1843 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . Geneviève was the child of Pierre-Louis LEROUX and Marie-Charlotte CHRETIEN.

Denis BROSSARD died 9 September 1848 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Denis BROSSARD

Denis BROSSARD married

Geneviève LEROUX
Marriage date: 31 May 1779
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève LEROUX was the child of Pierre-Louis LEROUX and Marie-Charlotte CHRETIEN

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Children of Denis BROSSARD and Geneviève LEROUX

Marie-Josephte BROSSARD

Born: 25 February 1786, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph CHABOT 7 February 1804 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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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 — 1756
26 March 1756
Montréal, 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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Denis BROSSARD and Geneviève LEROUX 31 May 1779, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BROSSARD was born 25 February 1786, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Denis was 29 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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte BROSSARD married 7 February 1804, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada to Joseph CHABOT

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)

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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève LEROUX died 13 November 1843, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

Death — 1848
9 September 1848
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
He died at the age of 92.

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