François LABRECHE

(b. 19 May 1785 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 August 1841 , Sorel, Canada East )

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François LABRECHE was born 19 May 1785 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

François LABRECHE was the child of Pierre-Charles LABRECHE and Marie-Marguerite ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LABRECH dit DELGUIEL (DÉZIEL) and Marguerite HOMIER (AUMIER) (maternal) Jean ROY and Marie-Françoise MENARD

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François married Marie-Josephte PROULX 4 November 1811 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte PROULX was born 19 August 1794 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 21 July 1863 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Josephe BOURGEOIS.

François LABRECHE died 12 August 1841 in Sorel, Canada East .
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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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Family and Children of François LABRECHE

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François LABRECHE married

Marie-Josephte PROULX-- Date: 4 November 1811 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte PROULX was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Josephe BOURGEOIS

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Children of François LABRECHE and Marie-Josephte PROULX:

Marie-Catherine LABRECHE (b.28 June 1817, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 20 March 1898, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada)
m. Louis CHAUVETTE (CHAUVET)

Marie "Mary" LABRECHE (b.8 June 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 31 December 1913, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph HUS LEMOINE 19 April 1852 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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1785 Birth
19 May 1785
Saint-Ours, 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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
François LABRECHE and Marie-Josephte PROULX 4 November 1811, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 26 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine LABRECHE was born 28 June 1817, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

François was 32 years old.

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