Marguerite FOISY

Born

27 May 1789 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

3 March 1849 , Saint-Jérôme, Canada East

Parents & Family of Marguerite FOISY

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Born: 27 May 1789 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Marguerite FOISY

Father

François FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE

Mother

Thérèse DUVIVIER

Grandparents of Marguerite FOISY

Paternal grandparents

Jacques FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE Madeleine VAILLANT

Maternal grandparents

François DUVIVIER Josephte PAYET

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

Marguerite married François QUEVILLON 9 August 1808 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François QUEVILLON was born 17 December 1774 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada. François died 22 September 1832 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada. François was the child of François-Marie QUEVILLON and Marie-Reine LEGUERRIER.

Marguerite FOISY died 3 March 1849 in Saint-Jérôme, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite FOISY

Marguerite FOISY married

François QUEVILLON
Marriage date: 9 August 1808
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
François QUEVILLON was the child of François-Marie QUEVILLON and Marie-Reine LEGUERRIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François QUEVILLON and Marguerite FOISY

Gabriel QUEVILLON

Born: 13 October 1822, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Died: 25 January 1902, Ste-Adèle, Quebec, Canada

Married: Martine GUETHIER 21 November 1843 Place: Saint-Jérôme, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1789
27 May 1789
L'Assomption, 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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite FOISY and François QUEVILLON 9 August 1808, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 19 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