Brigitte MARQUIS

Born

29 August 1769 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

15 June 1852 , Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste MARQUIS Marie-Claire TALON

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Born: 29 August 1769 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste MARQUIS

Mother: Marie-Claire TALON

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Francois MARQUIS , Marie-Anne BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Augustin TALON , Claire PEPIN dite LACHANCE

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Brigitte married Louis-Marie LEVESQUE 15 July 1794 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Marie LEVESQUE was born 17 January 1768 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Louis-Marie died 7 June 1850 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Louis-Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Angélique MIVILLE.

Brigitte MARQUIS died 15 June 1852 in Rivière-du-Loup, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Brigitte MARQUIS married

Louis-Marie LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 15 July 1794
Marriage place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Louis-Marie LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Angélique MIVILLE

Children of Louis-Marie LEVESQUE and Brigitte MARQUIS

François LEVESQUE

Born: 24 April 1795, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 28 October 1880, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ 7 September 1818 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1769
29 August 1769
Kamouraska, 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)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte MARQUIS and Louis-Marie LEVESQUE 15 July 1794, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

She was 24 years old.

1795 Birth of Child
François LEVESQUE was born 24 April 1795, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Brigitte was 25 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.

1818 Marriage of Child
François LEVESQUE married 7 September 1818, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada to Marie-Rosalie CHASSÉ

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis-Marie LEVESQUE died 7 June 1850, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Death — 1852
15 June 1852
Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East
She died at the age of 82.

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