Augustin PLANTE

(b. 4 January 1738 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1801 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Augustin PLANTE was born 4 January 1738 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Augustin PLANTE was the child of Georges PLANTE and Madeleine MORISSET (MORISSETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas PLANTE and Marie-Marthe PAILLEREAU (maternal) Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Anne CLOUTIER

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

Augustin married Marguerite FOUCHER 20 November 1786 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite FOUCHER was born 5 April 1743 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 14 July 1825 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marguerite was the child of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie GENDRON.

Augustin PLANTE died 2 December 1801 in Louiseville, Lower 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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Augustin PLANTE married

Marguerite FOUCHER-- Date: 20 November 1786 Place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite FOUCHER was the child of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie GENDRON

Children of Augustin PLANTE and Marguerite FOUCHER:

Marie-Josephte PLANTE (b.1 November 1789, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 April 1874, St-Paulin, Quebec, Canada)
m. Alexis JUNEAU 7 January 1805 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1738 Birth
4 January 1738
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Augustin PLANTE and Marguerite FOUCHER 20 November 1786, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 48 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PLANTE was born 1 November 1789, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Augustin was 51 years old.

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)