Charles-Amable GIGUERE

(b. 13 January 1751 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 20 February 1828 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Charles-Amable GIGUERE was born 13 January 1751 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Charles-Amable GIGUERE was the child of Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE and Dorothee RACINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GIGUERE and Angélique MERCIER (maternal) Claude RACINE and Geneviève GAGNON

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Charles-Amable married Marie-Therese LAURENCE 2 October 1780 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Therese LAURENCE was born 9 October 1765 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Therese died 29 June 1825 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Therese was the child of Louis-Hector LAURENCE and Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Charles-Amable GIGUERE died 20 February 1828 in Lavaltrie, 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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Charles-Amable GIGUERE married

Marie-Therese LAURENCE-- Date: 2 October 1780 Place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Therese LAURENCE was the child of Louis-Hector LAURENCE and Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Children of Charles-Amable GIGUERE and Marie-Therese LAURENCE:

Marie-Louise GIGUERE (b.abt. 1802, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Louis PRUD'HOMME 13 February 1827 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre GIGUERE (b.abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Therese HETU 11 July 1826 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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1751 Birth
13 January 1751
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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.

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Charles-Amable GIGUERE and Marie-Therese LAURENCE 2 October 1780, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 29 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)

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

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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)