Marguerite BELANGER

Born

15 March 1768 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 September 1842 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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Jean-Gabriel BELANGER Marie-Victoire BERNIER

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Born: 15 March 1768 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Gabriel BELANGER

Mother: Marie-Victoire BERNIER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BELANGER , Geneviève LESSARD (LESSART)

Maternal grandparents: Augustin BERNIER , Angélique BUTEAU

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Marguerite married Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 14 November 1785 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 10 July 1761 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie died 1 August 1839 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie was the child of Xainte-Marie-Louis ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angélique COUTURIER.

Marguerite BELANGER died 19 September 1842 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East.
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Sip your morning coffee in style with the Belanger Family Heritage Mug, a tribute to the rich legacy of Francois Belanger and Marie Guyon, pioneers who embarked on a journey to New France from Tourouvre, France in the 1620s.

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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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Marguerite BELANGER married

Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT
Marriage date: 14 November 1785
Marriage place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Xainte-Marie-Louis ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angélique COUTURIER

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Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Born: 13 December 1795, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1878, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Married: Basilisse BOIS 4 February 1823 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1768
15 March 1768
L'Islet, 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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BELANGER and Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 14 November 1785, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 17 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1795 Birth of Child
Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 13 December 1795, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 27 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