Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE

(b. 21 April 1756 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 2 March 1818 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE was born 21 April 1756 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE was the child of Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE and Dorothee RACINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GIGUERE and Angélique MERCIER (maternal) Claude RACINE and Geneviève GAGNON

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

Joseph-Augustin married Madeleine PAQUIN 5 February 1781 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine PAQUIN was born 20 November 1763 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Madeleine died 19 May 1845 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Madeleine was the child of Pierre PAQUIN and Cecile MARTINEAU dite ST-ONGE.

Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE died 2 March 1818 in Louiseville, 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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Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE married

Madeleine PAQUIN-- Date: 5 February 1781 Place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine PAQUIN was the child of Pierre PAQUIN and Cecile MARTINEAU dite ST-ONGE

Children of Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE and Madeleine PAQUIN:

Josephte GIGUERE (b.abt. 1796, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Daniel CHEVALIER dit LAMIRANDE 25 November 1816 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1756 Birth
21 April 1756
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Augustin GIGUERE and Madeleine PAQUIN 5 February 1781, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 24 years old.

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)

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Josephte GIGUERE married 25 November 1816, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Daniel CHEVALIER dit LAMIRANDE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)