Françoise PAQUET

(b. 17 January 1741 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 24 May 1819 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada )

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Françoise PAQUET was born 17 January 1741 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Françoise PAQUET was the child of Jean-François PAQUET and Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe PAQUET and Marie FONTAINE (maternal) Gervais PEPIN and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

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Françoise married Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS 10 February 1777 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS was born 22 April 1752 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 13 May 1815 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Jean-François BOUCHER and Charlotte GARNIER (GRENIER).

Françoise PAQUET died 24 May 1819 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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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Françoise PAQUET married

Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS-- Date: 10 February 1777 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS was the child of Jean-François BOUCHER and Charlotte GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Françoise PAQUET:

Basile DEMERS (b.12 June 1769, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 August 1834, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE 28 October 1788 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1741 Birth
17 January 1741
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1769 Birth of Child
Basile DEMERS was born 12 June 1769, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Françoise was 28 years old.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Françoise PAQUET and Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS 10 February 1777, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

She was 36 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Basile DEMERS married 28 October 1788, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Charlotte JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE

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)