Louis DUQUET

Born

5 December 1778 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 October 1851 , La Prairie, Canada East

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Andre DUQUET Marie-Angélique BABEU

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Born: 5 December 1778 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Andre DUQUET

Mother: Marie-Angélique BABEU

Paternal grandparents: Étienne DUQUET dit DESROSIERS , Marie-Françoise DENEAU (DENIAU) dite DESTAILLIS

Maternal grandparents: Étienne BABEU , Marie-Thérèse BAUDIN (BEAUDIN)

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Louis married Josephte DUQUET 9 November 1801 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Josephte DUQUET was born 6 January 1781 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Josephte was the child of Etienne DUQUET and Catherine-Amable SURPRENANT.

Louis married (2) Marguerite HÉBERT 17 August 1807 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marguerite HÉBERT was born 29 June 1786 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite died 3 August 1824 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marguerite was the child of Simon Pierre HÉBERT and Marie-Louise MONBLEAU (MAUBLOT).

Louis DUQUET died 28 October 1851 in La Prairie, Canada East .
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Louis DUQUET married

Josephte DUQUET
Marriage date: 9 November 1801
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Josephte DUQUET was the child of Etienne DUQUET and Catherine-Amable SURPRENANT

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Louis DUQUET married

Marguerite HÉBERT
Marriage date: 17 August 1807
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Marguerite HÉBERT was the child of Simon Pierre HÉBERT and Marie-Louise MONBLEAU (MAUBLOT)

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Louis Duquet b. 1808 m. Emerance Boudreau

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1778
5 December 1778
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Louis DUQUET and Josephte DUQUET 9 November 1801, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 22 years old.

1807 Marriage / Partner
Louis DUQUET and Marguerite HÉBERT 17 August 1807, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 28 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1824 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite HÉBERT died 3 August 1824, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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)