Marie-Agathe FORGET

Born

8 March 1781 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 May 1875 , Québec, Québec, Canada

Marie-Agathe married Joseph RENAUD 5 November 1798 in Terrebonne, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph RENAUD was born 4 June 1778 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph died 28 January 1864 in Québec, Canada East . Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste RENAUD and Marguerite MAGUET (MAILLET) .

Parents & Family of Marie-Agathe FORGET

Parents of Marie-Agathe FORGET

Father

Louis-Joseph FORGET

Mother

Marie-Josephe-Agathe LESSARD

Grandparents of Marie-Agathe FORGET

Paternal grandparents

Gabriel FORGET Marie-Renee MENARD

Maternal grandparents

Etienne LESSARD Marie-Josephe CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Agathe FORGET

Marie-Agathe FORGET married

Joseph RENAUD
Marriage date: 5 November 1798
Marriage place: Terrebonne, Lower Canada
Joseph RENAUD was the child of Jean-Baptiste RENAUD and Marguerite MAGUET (MAILLET)

Children of Joseph RENAUD and Marie-Agathe FORGET

François-Xavier RENAUD

Born: 20 May 1811, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Angelique-Adele JOURDAIN 24 September 1832 Place: Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada

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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 — 1781
8 March 1781
Terrebonne, 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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Agathe FORGET and Joseph RENAUD 5 November 1798, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

She was 17 years old.

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

1811 Birth of Child
François-Xavier RENAUD was born 20 May 1811, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec, Canada

Marie-Agathe was 30 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)

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

1832 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier RENAUD married 24 September 1832, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada to Angelique-Adele JOURDAIN

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph RENAUD died 28 January 1864, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.