Pierre-Alexis BOURGOIN

Born

8 October 1765 , Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 August 1814 , Varennes, Lower Canada

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Alexis BOURGOIN Charlotte CHALIFOUR

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Born: 8 October 1765 in Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Alexis BOURGOIN

Mother: Charlotte CHALIFOUR

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BOURGOIN , Marie-Madeleine CHENAY (CHAINE)

Maternal grandparents: Jean CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) , Marie-Anne BOESME (BOISMIER)

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Pierre-Alexis married Marie-Rose CAYER (CAILLE) 8 January 1787 in Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Rose CAYER (CAILLE) was born 5 April 1765 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Rose died 17 June 1793 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Marie-Rose was the child of Charles CAILLE and Marie-Charlotte AMIOT.

Pierre-Alexis BOURGOIN died 8 August 1814 in Varennes, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Pierre-Alexis BOURGOIN married

Marie-Rose CAYER (CAILLE)
Marriage date: 8 January 1787
Marriage place: Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Rose CAYER (CAILLE) was the child of Charles CAILLE and Marie-Charlotte AMIOT

Children of Pierre-Alexis BOURGOIN and Marie-Rose CAYER (CAILLE)

Rosalie BOURGOUIN

Born: 25 April 1789, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 11 July 1864, Sainte-Julienne, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE 7 January 1811 Place: Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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Birth — 1765
8 October 1765
Mascouche, 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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Alexis BOURGOIN and Marie-Rose CAYER (CAILLE) 8 January 1787, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

He was 21 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Rosalie BOURGOUIN was born 25 April 1789, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

Pierre-Alexis was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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