Basile DUFRESNE

Born

6 July 1792 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

21 February 1831 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Jacques-Michel DUFRESNE Angélique-Geneviève BLANCHARD dite RENAUD

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Born: 6 July 1792 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques-Michel DUFRESNE

Mother: Angélique-Geneviève BLANCHARD dite RENAUD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques DUFRESNE , Marie-Anne LEDUC

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dit BLANCHARD , Angélique-Geneviève GUYON

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Basile married Genevieve GAUTHIER 28 September 1812 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve GAUTHIER was born 25 January 1796 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Genevieve was the child of Andre GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Marie-Geneviève COITEUX.

Basile DUFRESNE died 21 February 1831 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .
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Basile DUFRESNE married

Genevieve GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 28 September 1812
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Genevieve GAUTHIER was the child of Andre GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Marie-Geneviève COITEUX

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Children of Basile DUFRESNE and Genevieve GAUTHIER

Eusebe DUFRESNE

Born: abt. 1816, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Sophie FONTAINE 14 February 1841 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

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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 — 1792
6 July 1792
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Basile DUFRESNE and Genevieve GAUTHIER 28 September 1812, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 20 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.