Jacques LEGRAND

Born

4 March 1763 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 March 1836 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Born: 4 March 1763 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Jacques LEGRAND

Father

Jacques LEGRAND

Mother

Madeleine PROVOST (PREVOST)

Grandparents of Jacques LEGRAND

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Maternal grandparents

Louis PREVOST Marie-Anne GIROUX

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

Jacques married Catherine LAMARRE 20 June 1785 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine LAMARRE was born 12 February 1768 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Catherine died 30 January 1824 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Catherine was the child of Joseph-Marie LAMARRE and Marie-Joseph GADOIS.

Jacques LEGRAND died 27 March 1836 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques LEGRAND

Jacques LEGRAND married

Catherine LAMARRE
Marriage date: 20 June 1785
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine LAMARRE was the child of Joseph-Marie LAMARRE and Marie-Joseph GADOIS

Children of Jacques LEGRAND and Catherine LAMARRE

Toussaint LEGRAND

Born: 24 November 1790, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 December 1873, La Prairie, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte POUPART 8 January 1810 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1763
4 March 1763
La Prairie, 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
Jacques LEGRAND and Catherine LAMARRE 20 June 1785, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 22 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Toussaint LEGRAND was born 24 November 1790, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 27 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)

1810 Marriage of Child
Toussaint LEGRAND married 8 January 1810, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Marie-Josephte POUPART

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)

1824 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine LAMARRE died 30 January 1824, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

Death — 1836
27 March 1836
La Prairie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 73.

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