Modeste COUTURIER

(b. 24 February 1770 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 May 1835 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Modeste COUTURIER was born 24 February 1770 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

Modeste COUTURIER was the child of Pierre COUTURIER and Françoise DURAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre COUTURIER and Angélique-Desanges CARON (maternal) Francois DURAND and Louise LANGELIER

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

Modeste married Joseph DUMAY (DUMAIS) 8 February 1819 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUMAY (DUMAIS) was born 24 August 1764 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph died 9 May 1831 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph was the child of Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) and Marie-Catherine MICHAUD.

Modeste COUTURIER died 3 May 1835 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower 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 COUTURIER married

Joseph DUMAY (DUMAIS)-- Date: 8 February 1819 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Joseph DUMAY (DUMAIS) was the child of Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) and Marie-Catherine MICHAUD

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Children of Joseph DUMAY (DUMAIS) and Modeste COUTURIER:

Emerence DUMAIS (b.26 November 1805, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Canut LEVESQUE 13 January 1835 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1770 Birth
24 February 1770
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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)

1805 Birth of Child
Emerence DUMAIS was born 26 November 1805, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Modeste was 35 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Modeste COUTURIER and Joseph DUMAY (DUMAIS) 8 February 1819, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 48 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England