Françoise FORGUES

(b. 19 December 1752 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1806 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Françoise FORGUES was born 19 December 1752 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Françoise FORGUES was the child of Charles FORGUES dit MONROUGEAU and Marie-Louise COUTURE dite BELLERIVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FORGUES and Marie-Anne ROY (maternal) Eustache COUTURE dit BELLERIVE and Marie-Françoise HUARD

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Françoise married François Olivier BRIARD dit LEJEUNE 12 July 1774 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François Olivier BRIARD dit LEJEUNE was born abt. 1747 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). François Olivier died 25 July 1824 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). François Olivier was the child of Jean Baptiste BRIARD dit LEJEUNE and Marguerite CLEMANCEAU (CLEMENCEAU).

Françoise FORGUES died 8 April 1806 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Françoise FORGUES married

François Olivier BRIARD dit LEJEUNE-- Date: 12 July 1774 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
François Olivier BRIARD dit LEJEUNE was the child of Jean Baptiste BRIARD dit LEJEUNE and Marguerite CLEMANCEAU (CLEMENCEAU)

Children of François Olivier BRIARD dit LEJEUNE and Françoise FORGUES:

Charlotte LEJEUNE dite BRIARD (b.20 February 1788, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 March 1867, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Augustin NADEAU 1 June 1807 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1752 Birth
19 December 1752
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Françoise FORGUES and François Olivier BRIARD dit LEJEUNE 12 July 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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)

1788 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEJEUNE dite BRIARD was born 20 February 1788, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Françoise was 35 years old.

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)