Marie LEROUX

Born

19 November 1788 , Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 August 1871 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada

Marie married Claude GIGUERE 17 February 1806 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claude GIGUERE was born 8 January 1784 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . Claude was the child of Claude GIGUERE and Marie-Josephte PERRAULT .

Parents & Family of Marie LEROUX

Parents of Marie LEROUX

Father

François-Benjamin LEROUX

Mother

Marie-Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

Grandparents of Marie LEROUX

Paternal grandparents

Pierre-Louis LEROUX Marie-Charlotte CHRETIEN

Maternal grandparents

Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS Marie-Josephte RICHAUME dite PETRUS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie LEROUX

Marie LEROUX married

Claude GIGUERE
Marriage date: 17 February 1806
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Claude GIGUERE was the child of Claude GIGUERE and Marie-Josephte PERRAULT

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Children of Claude GIGUERE and Marie LEROUX

Charlotte GIGUERE

Born: 19 January 1818, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada
Died: 12 September 1858, Lavaltrie, Canada East

Married: Isaac BENOIT 17 February 1840 Place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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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 — 1788
19 November 1788
Lavaltrie, 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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Marie LEROUX and Claude GIGUERE 17 February 1806, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 17 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Charlotte GIGUERE was born 19 January 1818, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie was 29 years old.

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Charlotte GIGUERE married 17 February 1840, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada to Isaac BENOIT

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Death of Child
Charlotte GIGUERE died 12 September 1858, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie was 69 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.