Marie-Catherine FOURNIER

(b. 23 March 1784 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 July 1852 , Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada )

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Marie-Catherine FOURNIER was born 23 March 1784 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Catherine FOURNIER was the child of Charles FOURNIER dit DESILETS and Catherine GONTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FOURNIER dit DESILETS and Catherine TURGEON (maternal) Jean-Francois GONTHIER and Catherine GUENETTE

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Marie-Catherine married Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME 11 January 1803 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was born 8 September 1777 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Prisque died 3 June 1849 in St-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Prisque was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFLAMME dit QUEMENEUR and Angelique BOUCHARD.

Marie-Catherine FOURNIER died 24 July 1852 in Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, 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.

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Marie-Catherine FOURNIER married

Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME-- Date: 11 January 1803 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFLAMME dit QUEMENEUR and Angelique BOUCHARD

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Children of Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Marie-Catherine FOURNIER:

Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR (b.15 March 1825, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 8 February 1871, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada)
m. Edouard ELIE dit BRETON 10 May 1845

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1784 Birth
23 March 1784
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine FOURNIER and Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME 11 January 1803, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 18 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)

1825 Birth of Child
Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR was born 15 March 1825, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Marie-Catherine was 41 years old.

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)

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)