Marie-Geneviève BOURGET

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abt. 1758 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

11 December 1840 , St-Georges-de-Malbaie, Quebec, Canada

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Louis BOURGET Marie-Louise CHOUINARD

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Born: abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Louis BOURGET

Mother: Marie-Louise CHOUINARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CHOUINARD , Marie-Ursule MARTIN

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Marie-Geneviève married Antoine REHEL abt. 1779 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Antoine REHEL was born 26 May 1752 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Antoine died 26 September 1827 in Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach). Antoine was the child of Julien REHEL and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER.

Marie-Geneviève BOURGET died 11 December 1840 in St-Georges-de-Malbaie, Quebec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Geneviève BOURGET married

Antoine REHEL
Marriage date: abt. 1779
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Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Antoine REHEL was the child of Julien REHEL and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

Children of Antoine REHEL and Marie-Geneviève BOURGET

Marthe REHEL

Born: 21 October 1779, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste COLLIN 21 October 1799 Place: Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

Louis REHEL (RAIL)

Born: 1 April 1792, Percé, Lower Canada
Died: 28 June 1877, Percé, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose CHICOINE dite COTTON 4 October 1814

Charles REHEL

Born: 15 December 1797, Percé, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Elisabeth PAGE 10 May 1821

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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.

1779 Birth of Child
Marthe REHEL was born 21 October 1779, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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

1792 Birth of Child
Louis REHEL (RAIL) was born 1 April 1792, Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach)

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

1797 Birth of Child
Charles REHEL was born 15 December 1797, Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach)

1799 Marriage of Child
Marthe REHEL married 21 October 1799, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Jean-Baptiste COLLIN

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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)