Charlotte PROULX

Born

22 August 1760 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada

Died

8 November 1853 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

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Guillaume PROULX Marie-Agnès RIVIERE dite LANDAIS

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Born: 22 August 1760 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada

Father: Guillaume PROULX

Mother: Marie-Agnès RIVIERE dite LANDAIS

Paternal grandparents: Pierre PROULX , Agathe DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) , Charlotte LART dite LARAMÉE

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Charlotte married François BOURGUIGNON 1 April 1784 in Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François BOURGUIGNON was born abt. 1759 François died 26 June 1841 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. François was the child of Benoit BOURGUIGNON dit GUICHARD and Françoise SAINDON.

Charlotte PROULX died 8 November 1853 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East.
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Charlotte PROULX married

François BOURGUIGNON
Marriage date: 1 April 1784
Marriage place: Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada
François BOURGUIGNON was the child of Benoit BOURGUIGNON dit GUICHARD and Françoise SAINDON

Children of François BOURGUIGNON and Charlotte PROULX

Isaac BOURGUIGNON dit GUICHARD

Born: abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne LABBE 27 November 1804 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1760
22 August 1760
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte PROULX and François BOURGUIGNON 1 April 1784, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

She was 23 years old.

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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Isaac BOURGUIGNON dit GUICHARD married 27 November 1804, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne LABBE

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)