Marguerite LEBLANC

Born

12 January 1786 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 October 1881 , Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

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Antoine LEBLANC Marguerite-Francoise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

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Born: 12 January 1786 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine LEBLANC

Mother: Marguerite-Francoise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

Paternal grandparents: Alexis LEBLANC , Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER

Maternal grandparents: François BOURBEAU , Francoise FRIGON

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Marguerite married Francois-Xavier DUBOIS 5 October 1812 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Xavier DUBOIS was born 30 July 1787 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Francois-Xavier died 5 June 1863 in Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. Francois-Xavier was the child of Francois DUBOIS and Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE.

Marguerite LEBLANC died 10 October 1881 in Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, 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
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Francois-Xavier DUBOIS
Marriage date: 5 October 1812
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Francois-Xavier DUBOIS was the child of Francois DUBOIS and Marie-Genevieve BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

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Marguerite DUBOIS

Born: 22 August 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 31 December 1901, Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph BELANGER 13 August 1839 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1786
12 January 1786
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LEBLANC and Francois-Xavier DUBOIS 5 October 1812, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 26 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

1820 Birth of Child
Marguerite DUBOIS was born 22 August 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite was 34 years old.

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

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DUBOIS married 13 August 1839, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph BELANGER

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.

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois-Xavier DUBOIS died 5 June 1863, Ste-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.