Madeleine BEDARD

Born

15 February 1782 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 April 1865 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada East

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Francois-Regis BEDARD Marguerite AUCLAIR

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Born: 15 February 1782 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Francois-Regis BEDARD

Mother: Marguerite AUCLAIR

Paternal grandparents: François-Michel BEDARD , Marie-Jeanne SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: Germain AUCLAIR , Angélique MAROIS

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Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste DROLET 26 January 1801 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste DROLET was born 3 March 1775 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Jean-Baptiste died 17 August 1832 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Marguerite ALAIN.

Madeleine BEDARD died 22 April 1865 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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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Madeleine BEDARD married

Jean-Baptiste DROLET
Marriage date: 26 January 1801
Marriage place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste DROLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Marguerite ALAIN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Madeleine BEDARD

Marguerite DROLET

Born: abt. 1801, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph ROUSSEAU 7 August 1827 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Marie DROLET

Born: 4 October 1828, L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada
Died: 11 February 1896, Deschambault, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 27 February 1854 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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Birth — 1782
15 February 1782
Charlesbourg, Québec, 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)

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

1801 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BEDARD and Jean-Baptiste DROLET 26 January 1801, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 18 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)

1827 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DROLET married 7 August 1827, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Joseph ROUSSEAU

1828 Birth of Child
Marie DROLET was born 4 October 1828, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Madeleine was 46 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste DROLET died 17 August 1832, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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)

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Marie DROLET married 27 February 1854, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Pierre TREMBLAY

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Death — 1865
22 April 1865
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada East
She died at the age of 83.

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