flag male ancestor  Simon  DRAPEAU

  (b. 17 March 1768 Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 1 May 1856 Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East )  

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Simon DRAPEAU was born 17 March 1768 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Simon DRAPEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU   and   Marie-Rose FERLAND and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DRAPEAU and Marie-Anne LACROIX (maternal)  François FERLAND and Anne PAULET

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Simon  married  Marie-Françoise DEMERS 15 July 1793 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise DEMERS  was born 15 December 1769 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .  Marie-Françoise died 5 December 1858 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .  Marie-Françoise was the child of Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Françoise FRECHETTE.

Simon DRAPEAU died 1 May 1856 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Simon DRAPEAU married flag female ancestor Marie-Françoise DEMERS-- Date: 15 July 1793 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marie-Françoise DEMERS was the child of Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Françoise FRECHETTE




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birth1768 Birth
17 March 1768
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1793 Marriage / Partner
Simon DRAPEAU and Marie-Françoise DEMERS 15 July 1793, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.
1799 Birth of Child
Elizabeth DRAPEAU was born 01/29/1799, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Simon was 30 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1846 Death of Child
Elizabeth DRAPEAU died 14 December 1846, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Simon was 78 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1856 Death
1 May 1856
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East

He died at the age of 88.
Added: 6/23/2020 11:05:36 AM - Updated: 10/26/2021 11:21:45 AM

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