Jean DOUCET

Born

28 October 1771 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 August 1846 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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Jean Baptiste DOUCET Marie "Luce" RICHARD

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Born: 28 October 1771 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste DOUCET

Mother: Marie "Luce" RICHARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DOUCET , Marie Anne BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Joseph Grégoire RICHARD , Hélène HÉBERT

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Jean married Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT 2 February 1795 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT was born 13 November 1763 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France. Marie-Anne was the child of Abraham VIGNEAULT and Marie BOURG.

Jean DOUCET died 23 August 1846 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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
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Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT
Marriage date: 2 February 1795
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT was the child of Abraham VIGNEAULT and Marie BOURG

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Jean DOUCET

Born: 3 May 1796, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Died: 9 December 1854, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Louise VASSEUR 14 February 1820 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1771
28 October 1771
Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Jean DOUCET and Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT 2 February 1795, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 23 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Jean DOUCET was born 3 May 1796, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean was 24 years old.

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

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

1820 Marriage of Child
Jean DOUCET married 14 February 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Louise VASSEUR

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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)