Marie-Felicite GAGNE

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1 March 1740 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

13 August 1820 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

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Barnabe GAGNÉ Angélique TRUDEL

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Born: 1 March 1740 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Barnabe GAGNÉ

Mother: Angélique TRUDEL

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Augustin GAGNÉ , Elisabeth CHARLAND

Maternal grandparents: Philippe TRUDEL , Catherine GARIEPY

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Marie-Felicite married Basile PROULX 21 January 1759 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Basile PROULX was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Basile died 2 January 1820 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Basile was the child of Thomas PROULX and Marie-Catherine CARON.

Marie-Felicite GAGNE died 13 August 1820 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .
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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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Marie-Felicite GAGNE married

Basile PROULX
Marriage date: 21 January 1759
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Basile PROULX was the child of Thomas PROULX and Marie-Catherine CARON

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Felicite PROULX

Born: 23 November 1759, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 24 November 1795, Montmagny, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine CARON 3 February 1783 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1740
1 March 1740
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Felicite GAGNE and Basile PROULX 21 January 1759, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 18 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Felicite PROULX was born 23 November 1759, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Felicite was 19 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Felicite PROULX married 3 February 1783, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Antoine CARON

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 Death of Child
Felicite PROULX died 24 November 1795, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Felicite was 55 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.

Death — 1820
13 August 1820
Montmagny, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 80.

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