Marie-Josephte DEFOY

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7 January 1766 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 December 1852 , Cap-Santé, Canada East

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Augustin DEFOY Catherine DROUIN

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Born: 7 January 1766 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Augustin DEFOY

Mother: Catherine DROUIN

Paternal grandparents: Charles DEFOY , Angelique BROUSSEAU

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas DROUIN , Geneviève PERRAULT

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Marie-Josephte married Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD 8 August 1796 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD was born 12 May 1771 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Charles was the child of Pierre OUVRARD dit LAPERRIÈRE and Pelagie TRUDEL.

Marie-Josephte DEFOY died 10 December 1852 in Cap-Santé, 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.

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Marie-Josephte DEFOY married

Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD
Marriage date: 8 August 1796
Marriage place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada
Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD was the child of Pierre OUVRARD dit LAPERRIÈRE and Pelagie TRUDEL

Children of Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD and Marie-Josephte DEFOY

Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD

Born: 6 June 1803, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada
Died: 23 September 1845, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East

Married: Pierre BONENFANT 16 November 1830 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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Birth — 1766
7 January 1766
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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)

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

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

1796 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte DEFOY and Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD 8 August 1796, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 30 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD was born 6 June 1803, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 37 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

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Marriage of Child
Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD married 16 November 1830, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Pierre BONENFANT

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Death of Child
Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD died 23 September 1845, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Josephte was 79 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

Death — 1852
10 December 1852
Cap-Santé, Canada East
She died at the age of 86.

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