Rosalie MERCIER

(b. 26 May 1800 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. 2 April 1859 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada East )

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Rosalie MERCIER was born 26 May 1800 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Rosalie MERCIER was the child of Joseph MERCIER and Marie-Isabelle GUILLEMETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joachim MERCIER and Suzanne BILODEAU (maternal) François-Xavier GUILLEMET and Madeleine THIBAULT

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Rosalie married Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET 22 July 1823 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET was born 10 January 1797 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Modeste died 30 May 1882 in St-Philippe, Windsor-Mills, Canada. Modeste was the child of Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS and Brigitte L'HEUREUX.

Rosalie MERCIER died 2 April 1859 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada East.
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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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Rosalie MERCIER married

Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET-- Date: 22 July 1823 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada
Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET was the child of Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS and Brigitte L'HEUREUX

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Children of Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET and Rosalie MERCIER:

Pierre CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET (b.abt. 1836, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1905, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)
m. Julie TURCOTTE 22 November 1859 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1800 Birth
26 May 1800
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Rosalie MERCIER and Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET 22 July 1823, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

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

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)