Marie-Claire CHARRIER

(b. 3 August 1764 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 September 1830 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Claire CHARRIER was born 3 August 1764 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Claire CHARRIER was the child of Pierre CHARRIER and Marie-Jeanne POLIQUIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean POLIQUIN and Marie-Anne-Louise LECOUR

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Marie-Claire married Pierre FORTIER 14 February 1786 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre FORTIER was born 14 July 1753 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Pierre died 15 August 1854 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Pierre was the child of Louis FORTIER and Veronique DENIS dite LAPIERRE.

Marie-Claire CHARRIER died 12 September 1830 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada .
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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-Claire CHARRIER married

Pierre FORTIER-- Date: 14 February 1786 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre FORTIER was the child of Louis FORTIER and Veronique DENIS dite LAPIERRE

Children of Pierre FORTIER and Marie-Claire CHARRIER:

Judith FORTIER (b.25 March 1792, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 2 June 1856, St-Anselme, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada)
m. Michel ROY 10 April 1815 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1764 Birth
3 August 1764
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Claire CHARRIER and Pierre FORTIER 14 February 1786, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Judith FORTIER was born 25 March 1792, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Marie-Claire was 27 years old.

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

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Judith FORTIER married 10 April 1815, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Michel ROY

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