Alexandre CHORET

(b. 8 December 1760 , Kamouraska, Canada d. 26 May 1835 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada )

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Alexandre CHORET was born 8 December 1760 in Kamouraska, Canada

Alexandre CHORET was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHORET and Marie-Anne GAUVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CHORET and Marie-Anne OUELLET (maternal) Jacques GAUVIN and Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Alexandre married Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT 22 September 1783 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT was born 30 May 1765 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephte died 23 May 1817 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephte was the child of Prisque GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Louise MOREL dite LADURANTAYE.

Alexandre CHORET died 26 May 1835 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, 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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Alexandre CHORET married

Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT-- Date: 22 September 1783 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT was the child of Prisque GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Louise MOREL dite LADURANTAYE

Children of Alexandre CHORET and Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT:

Marie-Angele CHORET (b.2 April 1795, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1862, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East)
m. Modeste FRECHETTE 30 January 1821 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

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1760 Birth
8 December 1760
Kamouraska, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre CHORET and Marie-Josephte GUÉRET dite DUMONT 22 September 1783, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1795 Birth of Child
Marie-Angele CHORET was born 2 April 1795, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Alexandre was 34 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)