François BOULET (BOULAY)

Born

23 September 1750 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

18 November 1819 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of François BOULET (BOULAY)

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Born: 23 September 1750 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Parents of François BOULET (BOULAY)

Father

Jacques-Martin BOULET (BOULAY)

Mother

Madeleine GAGNÉ

Grandparents of François BOULET (BOULAY)

Paternal grandparents

Martin BOULET (BOULAY) Françoise NOLIN

Maternal grandparents

Jean GAGNÉ (GASNIER) Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Françoise BLANCHET 11 November 1776 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise BLANCHET was born 17 February 1746 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . Françoise died 21 February 1823 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . Françoise was the child of François BLANCHET and Claire FOURNIER.

François BOULET (BOULAY) died 18 November 1819 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François BOULET (BOULAY)

François BOULET (BOULAY) married

Françoise BLANCHET
Marriage date: 11 November 1776
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise BLANCHET was the child of François BLANCHET and Claire FOURNIER

Children of François BOULET (BOULAY) and Françoise BLANCHET

Catherine BOULET (BOULAY)

Born: 20 September 1788, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 March 1840, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Jean COTE 21 July 1823 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

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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 — 1750
23 September 1750
Montmagny, 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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
François BOULET (BOULAY) and Françoise BLANCHET 11 November 1776, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 26 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Catherine BOULET (BOULAY) was born 20 September 1788, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

François was 38 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)

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.