Modeste FRECHETTE

(b. 15 June 1794 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 2 October 1870 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada )

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Modeste FRECHETTE was born 15 June 1794 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Modeste FRECHETTE was the child of Antoine FRECHETTE and Marie-Josephe FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne DUPERE (maternal) Pierre-Jacques-Noel FORTIER and Marie-Anne DEMERS

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

Modeste married Marguerite DEMERS 6 September 1814 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . Marguerite DEMERS was born 1 September 1794 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite died 13 December 1814 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Charles DEMERS and Catherine-Judith DEMERS.

Modeste married (2) Marie-Angele CHORET 30 January 1821 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Angele CHORET was born 2 April 1795 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Angele died 28 December 1862 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angele was the child of Alexandre CHORET and Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT.

Modeste married (3) Emerence LEVESQUE 22 September 1863 in Kamouraska, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerence LEVESQUE was born 16 March 1842 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Emerence was the child of Canut LEVESQUE and Emerence DUMAIS.

Modeste FRECHETTE died 2 October 1870 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, 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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Modeste FRECHETTE married

Marguerite DEMERS-- Date: 6 September 1814 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marguerite DEMERS was the child of Joseph-Charles DEMERS and Catherine-Judith DEMERS

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Children of Modeste FRECHETTE and Marguerite DEMERS:

Modeste FRECHETTE married

Marie-Angele CHORET-- Date: 30 January 1821 Place: Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Marie-Angele CHORET was the child of Alexandre CHORET and Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT

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Children of Modeste FRECHETTE and Marie-Angele CHORET:

Henriette FRECHETTE (b.29 April 1823, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 8 December 1866, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East)
m. Thomas-Georges RICHARD 24 August 1852 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Hortense FRECHETTE (b.22 December 1824, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )

Modeste FRECHETTE married

Emerence LEVESQUE-- Date: 22 September 1863 Place: Kamouraska, Canada East
Emerence LEVESQUE was the child of Canut LEVESQUE and Emerence DUMAIS

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Children of Modeste FRECHETTE and Emerence LEVESQUE:

Exilda FRECHETTE (b.9 November 1864, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East d. , )

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1794 Birth
15 June 1794
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Modeste FRECHETTE and Marguerite DEMERS 6 September 1814, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1814 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite DEMERS died 13 December 1814, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Modeste FRECHETTE and Marie-Angele CHORET 30 January 1821, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Henriette FRECHETTE was born 29 April 1823, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Modeste was 28 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Hortense FRECHETTE was born 22 December 1824, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Modeste was 30 years old.

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)

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Henriette FRECHETTE married 24 August 1852, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Thomas-Georges RICHARD

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Angele CHORET died 28 December 1862, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

1863 Marriage / Partner
Modeste FRECHETTE and Emerence LEVESQUE 22 September 1863, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 69 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Exilda FRECHETTE was born 9 November 1864, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Modeste was 70 years old.

1866 Death of Child
Henriette FRECHETTE died 8 December 1866, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Modeste was 72 years old.

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.