Jean-Baptiste SOULIERES (SULIERE)

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28 March 1751 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

27 June 1831 , Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada

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Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES Marie-Rose VEGIARD

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Born: 28 March 1751 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Bernard SOULIÈRES

Mother: Marie-Rose VEGIARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean SOULIÈRE TRANCHEMONTAGNE SUSTIER , Marie-Louise LESAGE

Maternal grandparents: Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ , Angélique PINEAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN) 23 February 1778 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN) was born 31 July 1759 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Catherine-Marguerite died November 1838 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville). Marie-Catherine-Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Amable SAULQUIN and Catherine LAUZON.

Jean-Baptiste SOULIERES (SULIERE) died 27 June 1831 in Windsor, Essex, Upper 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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Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN)
Marriage date: 23 February 1778
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN) was the child of Joseph-Amable SAULQUIN and Catherine LAUZON

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Ursula SULIERE

Born: abt. 1783, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Married: Charles LAFOREST 30 September 1800 Place: Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

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Birth — 1751
28 March 1751
L'Assomption, 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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SOULIERES (SULIERE) and Marie-Catherine-Marguerite SOLQUIN (SAULQUIN) 23 February 1778, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

He was 26 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)

1800 Marriage of Child
Ursula SULIERE married 30 September 1800, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville) to Charles LAFOREST

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