Benjamin BOURDAGE

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8 August 1762 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada

Died

18 September 1823 , Bonaventure, Lower Canada

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Raymond BOURDAGE Esther LEBLANC

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Born: 8 August 1762 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada

Father: Raymond BOURDAGE

Mother: Esther LEBLANC

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BOURDAGE , Marie-Anne CHEVALIER

Maternal grandparents: René LEBLANC , Marguerite THIBAULT

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Benjamin married Marie Esther BUJOLD abt. 1786 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Esther BUJOLD was born abt. 1765 in Canada. Marie Esther died 4 October 1853 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure). Marie Esther was the child of Francois Placide BUJOLD and Marie Josephe BERNARD.

Benjamin BOURDAGE died 18 September 1823 in Bonaventure, 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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Benjamin BOURDAGE married

Marie Esther BUJOLD
Marriage date: abt. 1786
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Marie Esther BUJOLD was the child of Francois Placide BUJOLD and Marie Josephe BERNARD

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Louis-Benjamin BOURDAGES

Born: 4 November 1787, Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 27 April 1872, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie ARBOUR 8 January 1816 Place: Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

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Birth — 1762
8 August 1762
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Louis-Benjamin BOURDAGES was born 4 November 1787, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Benjamin was 25 years old.

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)