Louis BIGUET

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12 September 1762 , La-Pérade, Canada

Died

5 December 1835 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada

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Pierre BIGUET dit NOBERT Elisabeth GUILLET dite CINQMARS

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Born: 12 September 1762 in La-Pérade, Canada

Father: Pierre BIGUET dit NOBERT

Mother: Elisabeth GUILLET dite CINQMARS

Paternal grandparents: Claude BIGUET dit NOBERT , Marie-Anne VAILLANT

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GUILLET , Marguerite ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT

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Louis married Josephte GOUIN 4 August 1783 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte GOUIN was born 22 February 1768 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Josephte died 2 October 1844 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Josephte was the child of Louis-Alexis GOUIN and Madeleine RIVARD.

Louis BIGUET died 5 December 1835 in La-Pérade, 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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Josephte GOUIN
Marriage date: 4 August 1783
Marriage place: La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte GOUIN was the child of Louis-Alexis GOUIN and Madeleine RIVARD

Children of Louis BIGUET and Josephte GOUIN

Geneviève BIGUET

Born: 27 January 1796, La-Pérade, Lower Canada
Died: 15 June 1864, La-Pérade, Canada East

Married: Antoine GUIBAULT dit GRANDBOIS 27 January 1824 Place: La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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Birth — 1762
12 September 1762
La-Pérade, Canada

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Louis BIGUET and Josephte GOUIN 4 August 1783, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1796 Birth of Child
Geneviève BIGUET was born 27 January 1796, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Louis was 33 years old.

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

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)

1824 Marriage of Child
Geneviève BIGUET married 27 January 1824, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Antoine GUIBAULT dit GRANDBOIS

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