Madeleine LEDUC

(b. 5 August 1771 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 January 1847 , Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )

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Madeleine LEDUC was born 5 August 1771 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Madeleine LEDUC was the child of Francois LEDUC and Marie-Louise LUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Charles LEDUC and Marie-Madeleine CHAGNON (maternal) Jacques LUSSIER and Marguerite GAUTHIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Madeleine married Jean-Marie CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN 15 October 1792 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 12 February 1769 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie died 9 July 1849 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska). Jean-Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Judith CHALUT.

Madeleine LEDUC died 27 January 1847 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Madeleine LEDUC married

Jean-Marie CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN-- Date: 15 October 1792 Place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Jean-Marie CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Judith CHALUT

Children of Jean-Marie CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Madeleine LEDUC:

Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN (b.12 March 1793, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 10 December 1881, Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS 31 July 1822 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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1771 Birth
5 August 1771
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine LEDUC and Jean-Marie CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN 15 October 1792, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 21 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 12 March 1793, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Madeleine was 21 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

1822 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN married 31 July 1822, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS

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

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)