Madeleine BERGERON

Born

14 August 1783 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 August 1870 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Charles BERGERON Josephte LEBLANC

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Madeleine BERGERON was born 14 August 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Madeleine BERGERON was the child of Charles BERGERON and Josephte LEBLANC

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre Nantes BERGERON and Marguerite BOURG (maternal) Alexis LEBLANC and Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER

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Madeleine married Joseph BOURGEOIS 13 July 1807 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1785 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France. Joseph died 5 July 1855 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Joseph was the child of Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) and Marie VIGNEAULT.

Madeleine BERGERON died 6 August 1870 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, 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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Madeleine BERGERON married

Joseph BOURGEOIS-- Date: 13 July 1807 Place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Joseph BOURGEOIS was the child of Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) and Marie VIGNEAULT

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Children of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Madeleine BERGERON

Julie BOURGEOIS (b.24 October 1824, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 9 December 1873, Ste-Sophie, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada)
m. Theophile HEBERT 21 January 1844 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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1783 Birth
14 August 1783
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BERGERON and Joseph BOURGEOIS 13 July 1807, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

She was 23 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Julie BOURGEOIS was born 24 October 1824, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Madeleine was 41 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Julie BOURGEOIS married 21 January 1844, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Theophile HEBERT

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph BOURGEOIS died 5 July 1855, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.