Pierre CYR

(b. 20 January 1771 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 August 1840 , Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada )

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Pierre CYR was born 20 January 1771 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre CYR was the child of Joseph-Francois CYR and Genevieve VALIQUETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph SIRE (CYR) and Marie-Francoise BOUTHILLETTE (BOUTILLET) (maternal) Augustin-Francois VALIQUETTE and Francoise CHARTRAND

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

Pierre married Genevieve BRISEBOIS 10 October 1796 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve BRISEBOIS was born 28 September 1776 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Genevieve died 31 May 1862 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS and Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE.

Pierre CYR died 5 August 1840 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, 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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Pierre CYR married

Genevieve BRISEBOIS-- Date: 10 October 1796 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
Genevieve BRISEBOIS was the child of Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS and Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE

Children of Pierre CYR and Genevieve BRISEBOIS:

Apolline-Pauline CYR (b.10 March 1797, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1866, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East)
m. Jean-Baptiste DEGUIRE dit LAROSE 26 October 1812 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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1771 Birth
20 January 1771
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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
Pierre CYR and Genevieve BRISEBOIS 10 October 1796, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

He was 25 years old.

1797 Birth of Child
Apolline-Pauline CYR was born 10 March 1797, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Pierre was 26 years old.

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

1812 Marriage of Child
Apolline-Pauline CYR married 26 October 1812, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste DEGUIRE dit LAROSE

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