Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX

Born

20 August 1792 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

27 August 1870 , La Présentation, Québec, Canada

Marie-Cecile married François BENOIT 27 October 1812 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François BENOIT was born abt. 1792 in Québec Province, Canada. François was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Marie-Archange MARCOUX .

Parents & Family of Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX

Parents of Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX

Father

Louis LAMOUREUX

Mother

Marie-Françoise PHANEUF

Grandparents of Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX

Paternal grandparents

Joseph LAMOUREUX Marie-Josephe GOULET

Maternal grandparents

François PHANEUF Madeleine GODU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX

Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX married

François BENOIT
Marriage date: 27 October 1812
Marriage place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
François BENOIT was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Marie-Archange MARCOUX

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François BENOIT and Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX

Marguerite BENOIT

Born: 14 November 1820, La Présentation, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin ARCHAMBAULT 23 January 1838 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada

Marie BENOIT

Born: abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 5 September 1843 Place: La Présentation, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1792
20 August 1792
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Cecile LAMOUREUX and François BENOIT 27 October 1812, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

She was 20 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

1820 Birth of Child
Marguerite BENOIT was born 14 November 1820, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Marie-Cecile was 28 years old.

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

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BENOIT married 23 January 1838, La Présentation, Lower Canada to Augustin ARCHAMBAULT

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Marie BENOIT married 5 September 1843, La Présentation, Canada East to François CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE

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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.