François-Xavier FRECHETTE

(b. 3 January 1767 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 July 1834 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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François-Xavier FRECHETTE was born 3 January 1767 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

François-Xavier FRECHETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste FRÉCHETTE and Marie-Anne MARTINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FRÉCHETTE and Marie-Ursule ROUSSEAU (maternal) Joseph MARTINEAU dit LORMIÈRE and Marie-Anne BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François-Xavier married Marie-Louise DEMERS 16 July 1792 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DEMERS was born 30 January 1772 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise died 14 February 1825 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Genevieve LOIGNON.

François-Xavier FRECHETTE died 27 July 1834 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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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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François-Xavier FRECHETTE married

Marie-Louise DEMERS-- Date: 16 July 1792 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise DEMERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEMERS and Genevieve LOIGNON

Children of François-Xavier FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise DEMERS:

Suzanne FRECHETTE (b.19 February 1796, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 30 July 1834, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Frederic DEMERS 9 November 1813 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1767 Birth
3 January 1767
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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

1792 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier FRECHETTE and Marie-Louise DEMERS 16 July 1792, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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

1796 Birth of Child
Suzanne FRECHETTE was born 19 February 1796, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

François-Xavier was 29 years old.

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Suzanne FRECHETTE married 9 November 1813, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Frederic DEMERS

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