Joseph TURCOT

Born

2 May 1773 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 August 1855 , Trois-Rivières, Canada East

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Augustin TURCOT Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT

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Born: 2 May 1773 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Augustin TURCOT

Mother: Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT

Paternal grandparents: Simon TURCOT (TURCOTTE) , Marie-Madeleine GODBOUT

Maternal grandparents: Claude VAILLANCOURT , Madeleine RATTÉ (RATE)

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Joseph married Marguerite MARCHILDON 21 November 1802 in Batiscan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MARCHILDON was born 23 February 1784 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marguerite died 11 June 1832 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marguerite was the child of Joseph MARCHILDON and Madeleine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT.

Joseph TURCOT died 20 August 1855 in Trois-Rivières, Canada East .
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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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Joseph TURCOT married

Marguerite MARCHILDON
Marriage date: 21 November 1802
Marriage place: Batiscan, Lower Canada
Marguerite MARCHILDON was the child of Joseph MARCHILDON and Madeleine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT

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Children of Joseph TURCOT and Marguerite MARCHILDON

Marie-Emilie TURCOT

Born: 8 October 1804, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 12 October 1857, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Gabriel BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER 5 March 1821 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1773
2 May 1773
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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)

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TURCOT and Marguerite MARCHILDON 21 November 1802, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 29 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Marie-Emilie TURCOT was born 8 October 1804, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Marie-Emilie TURCOT married 5 March 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada to Gabriel BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER

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

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite MARCHILDON died 11 June 1832, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

Death — 1855
20 August 1855
Trois-Rivières, Canada East
He died at the age of 82.