Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER

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19 June 1762 , Beaumont, Canada

Died

18 April 1833 , La Durantaye, Lower Canada

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Augustin FOURNIER Marie BOUTHILLETTE

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Born: 19 June 1762 in Beaumont, Canada

Father: Augustin FOURNIER

Mother: Marie BOUTHILLETTE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques FOURNIER , Marie-Francoise BLANCHON

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET) , Marie-Anne CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

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Marie-Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste PAQUET 20 January 1783 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was born 25 March 1752 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 22 March 1826 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre PAQUET and Marie-Louise FILTEAU.

Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER died 18 April 1833 in La Durantaye, 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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Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER married

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET
Marriage date: 20 January 1783
Marriage place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was the child of Pierre PAQUET and Marie-Louise FILTEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER

Ignace PAQUET

Born: 10 November 1796, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 15 August 1857, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Married: Ursule MARTIN 21 November 1826 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1762
19 June 1762
Beaumont, Canada

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 / Partner
Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER and Jean-Baptiste PAQUET 20 January 1783, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

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)

1796 Birth of Child
Ignace PAQUET was born 10 November 1796, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite was 34 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

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)

1826 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET died 22 March 1826, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1826 Marriage of Child
Ignace PAQUET married 21 November 1826, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Ursule MARTIN

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

Death — 1833
18 April 1833
La Durantaye, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 70.

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