flag female ancestor  Marie  BOURASSA

  (b. 20 April 1799 Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada   d. 16 February 1862 Plessisville, Canada East )  

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Marie BOURASSA was born 20 April 1799 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Marie BOURASSA was the child of François BOURASSA   and   Marguerite COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques BOURASSA and Louise CARRIER (maternal)  Joseph-Marie COUTURE and Louise CARRIER

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Marie  married  Ignace PARADIS 23 May 1814 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace PARADIS  was born 23 July 1786 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy).  Ignace died 17 September 1865 in Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset).  Ignace was the child of Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Louise GUAY.

Marie BOURASSA died 16 February 1862 in Plessisville, Canada East .
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie BOURASSA married flag male ancestor Ignace PARADIS-- Date: 23 May 1814 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Ignace PARADIS was the child of Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Louise GUAY




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birth1799 Birth
20 April 1799
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
marriage1814 Marriage / Partner
Marie BOURASSA and Ignace PARADIS 23 May 1814, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 15 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Birth of Child
Joseph PARADIS was born 18 August 1832, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie was 33 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1845 Marriage of Child
Joseph PARADIS married 1 April 1845, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey) to Marie-Eleonore BERNIER
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
death1862 Death
16 February 1862
Plessisville, Canada East

She died at the age of 62.
Added: 9/25/2019 1:00:08 PM - Updated: 3/14/2025 6:07:13 PM

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