Josephte DUCHESNE

(b. 28 September 1776 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 December 1838 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada )

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Josephte DUCHESNE was born 28 September 1776 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte DUCHESNE was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUCHESNE and Angélique LAVOIE (maternal) Nicolas GIRARD and Marie-Françoise DESBIENS

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

Josephte married Raphael GAGNÉ 22 August 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Raphael GAGNÉ was born 26 July 1767 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Raphael died 11 April 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Raphael was the child of Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD.

Josephte DUCHESNE died 7 December 1838 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, 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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Josephte DUCHESNE married

Raphael GAGNÉ-- Date: 22 August 1798 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Raphael GAGNÉ was the child of Jean GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Apolline SIMARD

Children of Raphael GAGNÉ and Josephte DUCHESNE:

Narcisse GAGNÉ (b.9 April 1801, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 February 1874, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Christine COTE 19 August 1828 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Marie GAGNÉ (b.abt. 1804, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 May 1847, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East)
m. Damase LAVOIE 9 September 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1776 Birth
28 September 1776
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DUCHESNE and Raphael GAGNÉ 22 August 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Birth of Child
Narcisse GAGNÉ was born 9 April 1801, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Josephte was 24 years old.

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

1823 Marriage of Child
Marie GAGNÉ married 9 September 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Damase LAVOIE

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)